Biographies “The Picture of Los Angeles That He Paints Closely Approximates Truth”: Horace Bell and the “Black Angels” of 1850s Los Angeles in Touring Topics Magazine, September 1927, Part Two by homesteadmuseum Posted on September 12, 2023 Read More
Law & Crime “Her General Character is Bad . . . I Would Not Give Her Credit Under Oath”: The Trial of William W. Jenkins for the Killing of Antonio Ruiz, August 1856, Part Three by homesteadmuseum Posted on August 25, 2023 Read More
Law & Crime “There Needs to be Unity in This Town So That There Can Be Security”: The Trial of William W. Jenkins for the Killing of Antonio Ruiz, August 1856, Part Two by homesteadmuseum Posted on August 24, 2023 Read More
Law & Crime “We Have Amongst Us a Great Number of Thieves, Robbers, and Murderers”: The Killing of Antonio Ruiz by Deputy Constable William W. Jenkins, Los Angeles, 19 July 1856, Part Five by homesteadmuseum Posted on July 26, 2023 Read More
Law & Crime “The Leaders Boldly Avowed Their Intentions and Indulged in the Fiercest Maledictions Against the Americans”: The Killing of Antonio Ruiz by Deputy Constable William W. Jenkins, Los Angeles, 19 July 1856, Part Three by homesteadmuseum Posted on July 24, 2023 Read More
Law & Crime “I Hope That All Good Citizens Will Consider it Their Duty to Calm Public Opinion”: The Killing of Antonio Ruiz by Deputy Constable William W. Jenkins, Los Angeles, 19 July 1856, Part Two by homesteadmuseum Posted on July 23, 2023 Read More
Economics Read All About It: California Gold Rush Coverage in the New York Weekly Tribune, 13 October 1849, Part Two by homesteadmuseum Posted on October 16, 2022 Read More
Politics & Government “At War With the Citizens of this State”: A California Legislature Resolution on Federal Protection Against Indians, 25 March 1851 by homesteadmuseum Posted on March 25, 2020November 1, 2021 Read More
Biographies Victorian Fair Preview: Connecting with Nature in the Garden of Cameron E. Thom, Los Angeles, mid-1880s by homesteadmuseum Posted on April 24, 2019December 30, 2020 Read More
