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Tag: San Gabriel Valley history

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Commemorating America250: Rancho La Puente Reflections, 1776-1876

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on June 6, 2026
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Promoting Covina as “An Orchard Paradise in San Gabriel Valley,” 1928

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 30, 2026January 31, 2026
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Shell Game, Part Eleven: Some Early History of Walnuts in Los Angeles, April 1874

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on October 25, 2025
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Taken for Granite: A Photo of the Consolidated Rock Products Company Plant at Irwindale, 1 August 1929, Part Five

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on August 9, 2025
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Orange Crush: A Photo of the Consolidated Rock Products Company Plant at Irwindale, 1 August 1929, Part Four

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on August 7, 2025August 8, 2025
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“There is Every Appearance of Healthy Growth, And it is of a Substantial Sort”: Some Early History of (La) Puente, 1888-1889

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on June 3, 2025
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Sharing History With the Monrovia Historical Society: Some Early History of Monrovia, 1885-1886, Part Three

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on April 10, 2025
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Sharing History With the Monrovia Historical Society: Some Early History of Monrovia, 1885-1886, Part Two

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on April 8, 2025April 10, 2025
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“As Time Went On It Lost Its Former Glory and Began to Fall Into Decay”: Some Further History of Sierra Madre Villa, 1900-1923

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on November 22, 2024November 23, 2024
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“An Eden Has Been Brought Forth From the Wilds of a Mountain Shelf”: Some Early History of Sierra Madre Villa, 1875-1880, Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on November 15, 2024November 16, 2024
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