Biographies Shipping “The Staples of Our County” With Bills of Lading to William Workman from Tomlinson & Co. and the Steamship “Senator,” 4 and 7 June 1864 by homesteadmuseum Posted on June 7, 2026 Read More
Holidays & Celebrations The Celebration of Mexican Independence Day in Los Angeles, 1856-1864 by homesteadmuseum Posted on September 16, 2025September 16, 2025 Read More
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
Commerce & Manufacturing The Evolution of Christmas: Holiday Observations in Los Angeles Newspapers, 1861-1865 by homesteadmuseum Posted on December 16, 2024December 17, 2024 Read More
Biographies Read All About It With E.J.C. Kewen in the Los Angeles Weekly Express, 22 August 1872, Part Two by homesteadmuseum Posted on August 24, 2024 Read More
Agriculture Working the Land with “Cotton Experiments in California” from The Overland Monthly, April 1871 by homesteadmuseum Posted on April 1, 2024 Read More
Architecture & Decoration An Irish Woman’s Immigrant Story: Catherine O’Keefe Wilson in Los Angeles, 1859-1905 by homesteadmuseum Posted on November 21, 2023November 25, 2023 Read More
Politics & Government Reading Between the Lines with a Rare Civil War-Related Letter from Los Angeles, 31 July 1864 by homesteadmuseum Posted on July 31, 2023August 1, 2023 Read More
Biographies “His Sole Dependence for His Future Maintenance”: A Report to the United States Senate on the Memorial of William Money of Los Angeles, 27 May 1852 by homesteadmuseum Posted on May 27, 2023 Read More
Biographies Reading Between the Lines in a Letter from Mayor James R. Toberman to Elmore W. Squires, Los Angeles, 10 March 1874 by homesteadmuseum Posted on March 10, 2023 Read More
