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Tag: Grover T. Russell Hacienda Heights

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“We Are the Largest Subdividers of High Class Citrus, Walnut and Avocado Lands in Southern California”: Reading Between the Lines in a Quartet of Letters Regarding North Whittier (Hacienda) Heights, 24 February 1916

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on February 24, 2026
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“A Most Attractive Investment and a Desirable Location for a Future Country Home”: Reading Between the Lines in a Trio of Letters for the North Whittier (Hacienda) Heights Subdivision, 27 March 1915

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on March 27, 2025
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Reading Between the Lines in a Pair of Letters Regarding North Whittier (Hacienda) Heights, 22 January 1915

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 22, 2025
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“The Man Who Turned the Very Earth to Gold”: Reading Between the Lines in a Letter from Los Angeles Realtor Joe Toplitzky, 8 November 1919, Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on November 8, 2024
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“If You Once See the Property, You Will Desire a Portion for Yourself”: Correspondence Regarding the North Whittier (Hacienda) Heights Subdivision, 6 October 1914

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on October 7, 2024October 8, 2024
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“The Most Intelligent and Refined People in Any Branch of Horticulture or Agriculture in All the World Today”: Letters Concerning North Whittier (Hacienda) Heights, 27-29 August 1914

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on August 27, 2023August 27, 2023
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“We Have the Location, Soil, Water and Climatic Conditions”: A Letter to a Prospective North Whittier (Hacienda) Heights Investor, 14 July 1914

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on July 14, 2021
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Horticulture in Happy Valley: Three Documents Concerning Early North Whittier (Hacienda) Heights, 7 May 1914

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on May 7, 2021May 8, 2021
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“Citrus Groves That Pay”: A Trio of Letters from Grover T. Russell, Sales Manager of North Whittier (Hacienda) Heights, 12 January 1914

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 12, 2021January 12, 2021
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“The Hanging Gardens of Southern California”: Edwin G. Hart and the Avocado Subdivisions of Hacienda Heights and La Habra Heights, 1913-1930

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on June 28, 2020December 30, 2020
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