Holidays & Celebrations “Mexico Will Yet Take An Enviable Position With Her Sister Republics”: The Celebration of Mexican Independence Day in Los Angeles, 1865-1870 by homesteadmuseum Posted on September 16, 2026 Read More
Architecture & Decoration “A Model of Architectural Beauty and Well Calculated to Meet the Needs of the Work to be Done There”: The Construction of First African Methodist Episcopal Church, 8th Street and Towne Avenue, Los Angeles, 1903-1904 by homesteadmuseum Posted on June 19, 2026 Read More
Biographies Double Checking the History of Frederick Lambourn (1837-1914), Tutor and Ranch Foreman for the Workman Family, Part One by homesteadmuseum Posted on April 6, 2026April 7, 2026 Read More
Agriculture 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 Read More
Commerce & Manufacturing The Evolution of Christmas: Holiday Observations in Los Angeles Newspapers, 1870 by homesteadmuseum Posted on December 9, 2025December 10, 2025 Read More
Agriculture Shell Game, Part Six: Some Early History of Walnuts in Los Angeles, 1870 by homesteadmuseum Posted on October 3, 2025 Read More
Biographies “His Whole Life Was Dedicated to Acts of Charity and Kindness”: Some History of Henry Wartenberg of Los Angeles, 1857-1879, Part Two by homesteadmuseum Posted on September 5, 2025 Read More
Disasters Here Comes The Flood: Some History of Flooding in the Arroyo Seco, 1861-1914, Part One by homesteadmuseum Posted on June 27, 2025June 28, 2025 Read More
Biographies Reading Between the Lines in a Letter from Hatter Daniel Desmond, Los Angeles, 10 December 1876 by homesteadmuseum Posted on December 10, 2024December 11, 2024 Read More
Leisure/Entertainments “A Place of Fashionable Resort and Sea Bathing”: Some Early History of Santa Monica, 1868-1871 by homesteadmuseum Posted on November 7, 2024November 8, 2024 Read More
