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Tag: Luis Wolfskill

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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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Setteeing the Scene: Some History Surrounding a Donation of a Wolfskill Family Love Seat, Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on September 6, 2025
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All Over the Map: Section & Road Map of Los Angeles County, 1900

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on February 28, 2019December 29, 2020
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Read All About It: “The Los Angeles Express,” 22 December 1874

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on December 22, 2018December 30, 2020
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On This Day: Rancho San Francisquito Sale to “Lucky” Baldwin, 13 October 1875

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on October 13, 2017December 23, 2020
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On This Day: The Election for Los Angeles County Treasurer, 1 September 1875

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on September 1, 2017December 28, 2020
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La La Landscapes: Rancho Santa Anita, late 1870s

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on February 21, 2017December 29, 2020
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Recent Posts

  • “Old Calvary Has Become More Valuable to the Living Than to the Dead, And the March of Civilization is Soon to Overwhelm It”: Some Further History of the Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1896-1944, Part Four
  • “The Family Legend of an Ancestor Being Lost in America”: Seeking George W. Pflugradt, 1819-1857
  • “Before This Historical Graveyard is Past All Hope of Preservation”: Some Further History of the Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1896-1944, Part Three
  • “Let Us At Least Draw the Line at Neglect and Desecration of the Cemeteries”: Some Further History of the Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1896-1944, Part Two
  • “All Those Who Have Loved Ones Among the Dead of Old Calvary Will Seek for Them a New Resting Place”: Some Further History of the Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1896-1944, Part One

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