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Tag: El Monte California history

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Read All About It in the Los Angeles Herald, 25 February 1875

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on February 25, 2026February 26, 2026
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Working the Land with “Cotton Experiments in California” from The Overland Monthly, April 1871

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on April 1, 2024
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Merchants at the Monte: An Invoice from Isaac Kauffman and Son and the Kauffman Mercantile Company, El Monte, California, 1907

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 7, 2022January 8, 2022
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“Subtract the Abominations of Commercial Greed”: The Valley Beautiful Magazine, March 1926

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on March 2, 2021March 2, 2021
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El Monte’s Mane Attraction: A Trio of Snapshots of Gay’s Lion Farm, 9 February 1930

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on February 9, 2021August 5, 2021
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Making a Statement: A “Report of Disbursements and Receipts” for Walter P. Temple, 18 December 1921 to 20 January 1922

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 19, 2021
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Reading Between the Lines: A Letter from Walter P. Temple to Laura Gonzalez, 5 July 1887

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on July 5, 2020November 27, 2023
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  • Places & Communities

From Monte to Misión Vieja: A Gap Wider Than Five Miles, 1850-1930

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on June 27, 2020January 4, 2021
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