Holidays & Celebrations The Celebration of Mexican Independence Day in Los Angeles, 1856-1864 by homesteadmuseum Posted on September 16, 2025September 16, 2025 Read More
Biographies An Account of Los Angeles History in a Receipt from I.M. Hellman to the Estate of Ysidro Reyes, 11 October 1864 by homesteadmuseum Posted on October 12, 2024October 12, 2024 Read More
Uncategorized Portrait Gallery: A Carte de Visite Photograph of Wallace Woodworth of Los Angeles, 1860s by homesteadmuseum Posted on May 19, 2024May 19, 2024 Read More
Agriculture Reading Between the Lines in a Letter from Thomas Van Deusen to William Workman, 5 October 1856 by homesteadmuseum Posted on October 5, 2023 Read More
Law & Crime “All of Us Will Once Again Live in Harmony . . . Let’s Discard All Feelings of Pain From the Past”: The Trial of William W. Jenkins for the Killing of Antonio Ruiz, August 1856, Part Four by homesteadmuseum Posted on August 26, 2023August 26, 2023 Read More
Law & Crime “Her General Character is Bad . . . I Would Not Give Her Credit Under Oath”: The Trial of William W. Jenkins for the Killing of Antonio Ruiz, August 1856, Part Three by homesteadmuseum Posted on August 25, 2023 Read More
Law & Crime “We Have Amongst Us a Great Number of Thieves, Robbers, and Murderers”: The Killing of Antonio Ruiz by Deputy Constable William W. Jenkins, Los Angeles, 19 July 1856, Part Five by homesteadmuseum Posted on July 26, 2023 Read More
Law & Crime “We Want Peace to be Restored; That Justice Fulfills its Obligations”: The Killing of Antonio Ruiz by Deputy Constable William W. Jenkins, Los Angeles, 19 July 1856, Part Four by homesteadmuseum Posted on July 25, 2023 Read More
Law & Crime “The Americans Were Arming Themselves and Making Other Bellicose Displays”: The Killing of Antonio Ruiz by Deputy Constable William W. Jenkins, Los Angeles, 19 July 1856, Part One by homesteadmuseum Posted on July 22, 2023July 22, 2023 Read More
