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Tag: Los Angeles Star history 1856

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“Banish From This Sacred Precinct The Spirit That Kills Through Excessive, Heartless Doubt”: Some History of the Old Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1856-1896, Part Two

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on October 10, 2026
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“The Tenderest Sentiments of the Human Heart, Excited by the Memory of the Dead”: Some History of the Old Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1856-1896, Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on October 9, 2026October 9, 2026
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From Braunschweig to Beverly Hills: Some History of Andrew H. Denker and Henry Hammel in Greater Los Angeles, 1856-1892, Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 19, 2026January 20, 2026
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Shell Game: Some Early History of Walnuts in Los Angeles, 1852-1860

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  • Posted on September 22, 2025September 23, 2025
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Run of the Mill: A Receipt to F.P.F. Temple from Rowland’s Mill, Puente, 21 March 1853, Part Three

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on September 17, 2025
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Run of the Mill: A Receipt to F.P.F. Temple from Rowland’s Mill, Puente, 21 March 1853, Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on September 14, 2025June 6, 2026
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  • Commerce & Manufacturing

The Black Pioneers of Los Angeles County: Mining Media References to African-Americans in the 1850s

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on February 23, 2025
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  • Commerce & Manufacturing

The Evolution of Christmas: Holiday Observations in Los Angeles Newspapers, 1854-1856

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on December 2, 2024
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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
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No Place Like Home: Some Further History of John Rowland of the Rancho La Puente, 1854-1873

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on July 21, 2024July 21, 2024
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  • “Banish From This Sacred Precinct The Spirit That Kills Through Excessive, Heartless Doubt”: Some History of the Old Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1856-1896, Part Two
  • “The Tenderest Sentiments of the Human Heart, Excited by the Memory of the Dead”: Some History of the Old Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1856-1896, Part One
  • “We Have Proved That Northcott is a Fiend—One of the Most Depraved of Degenerates”: The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders Revealed, September 1928, Part Nine

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