Economics “Peace, a Lasting Peace, Now Dawns Upon Our Land”: Some History of Civil War-Era Los Angeles, 1861-1865 by homesteadmuseum Posted on May 14, 2025 Read More
Biographies Read All About It With E.J.C. Kewen in the Los Angeles Weekly Express, 22 August 1872, Part One by homesteadmuseum Posted on August 23, 2024August 24, 2024 Read More
Outdoors At Our Leisure With “Grizzly Bear Hunting in Southern California” from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, 21 August 1858, Part One by homesteadmuseum Posted on August 21, 2024 Read More
Holidays & Celebrations The Celebration of the Chinese New Year in Los Angeles and in the Pages of Overland Monthly Magazine, February 1869 by homesteadmuseum Posted on February 10, 2024 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 “Will the Law be Left Almost Without Force?”: The Trial of William W. Jenkins for the Killing of Antonio Ruiz, August 1856, Part One by homesteadmuseum Posted on August 23, 2023 Read More
Law & Crime “I Hope That All Good Citizens Will Consider it Their Duty to Calm Public Opinion”: The Killing of Antonio Ruiz by Deputy Constable William W. Jenkins, Los Angeles, 19 July 1856, Part Two by homesteadmuseum Posted on July 23, 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
Holidays & Celebrations The Black Pioneers of Los Angeles County, 1850-1900, Presentation Postview: Implementing the 15th Amendment in Los Angeles, 1870 by homesteadmuseum Posted on June 17, 2023July 22, 2024 Read More
