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Tag: Los Angeles Star history 1859

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Reading Between the Lines With Grape Expectations in a Letter from Henry J. Yarrow to Joseph F. Vorbe, Los Angeles, 5 March 1870

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on March 5, 2026
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Boyle Heights at 150: Some History of Andrew A. Boyle (1818-1871), Part Two

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on October 2, 2025December 3, 2025
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  • Agriculture

Run of the Mill: A Receipt to F.P.F. Temple from Rowland’s Mill, Puente, 21 March 1853, Part Two

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on September 15, 2025
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California Admission Day in Los Angeles Newspapers, 1854-1869

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on September 9, 2025
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  • Biographies

“The Outstanding Jewish Leader in the City”: Some History of Henry Wartenberg of Los Angeles, 1857-1879, Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on September 4, 2025December 3, 2025
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