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“An Important Mile Stone in the History of the Model Settlement”: A Certificate of Ownership of Stock in the Ontario Land Company, 7 August 1883

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on August 7, 2026August 7, 2026
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Read All About It in the Los Angeles Herald, 25 March 1875

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on March 25, 2025
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“We Will Give You Good Land and We Will Throw the Climate In”: Commemorating Veterans Day With the Site Selection of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Pacific Branch, West Los Angeles, 1887

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on November 11, 2024September 26, 2026
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“In a Manner Well Becoming the Patriotism and Enterprising Spirit of our Liberty-Loving People”: The Celebration of Independence Day in Los Angeles, 1872

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on July 4, 2024
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“This Most Lovely Section of Southern California”: Some Early History of Compton, 1866-1876, Part One

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  • Posted on May 26, 2024
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Read All About It in the Los Angeles Herald, 3 February 1875

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  • Posted on February 3, 2024
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The Black Pioneers of Los Angeles County, 1850-1900, Presentation Postview: Implementing the 15th Amendment in Los Angeles, 1870

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on June 17, 2023July 22, 2024
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On This Day: A Letter from The Chaffey Brothers, Developers of Ontario, Upland and Rancho Cucamonga, 6 September 1882

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on September 6, 2019April 18, 2024
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