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Run of the Mill: A Lease of a Portion of Rancho La Puente, 30 October 1878

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  • Posted on October 30, 2019January 7, 2021
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A Bird’s Eye View of the Homestead, 26 June 1921

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  • Posted on June 26, 2019December 30, 2020
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The Mystery of “Misión Graneros” on Rancho La Puente

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  • Posted on March 9, 2019December 29, 2020
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Sharing the History of the Portolá Expedition of 1769-1770 in Whittier, Part Two

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  • Posted on January 24, 2019January 7, 2021
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Behind the Scenes Postlude: An Adobe Brick from a Workman House Tunnel?

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  • Posted on May 20, 2018January 8, 2021
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On This Day: A Letter from William Workman to John Rowland, 14 April 1842

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  • Posted on April 14, 2018January 11, 2021
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Time Capsule Tuesday: The City of Industry General Plan, 1971, Part Three

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  • Posted on October 17, 2017December 28, 2020
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Time Capsule Tuesday: The City of Industry General Plan, 1971, Part Two

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  • Posted on October 10, 2017December 28, 2020
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Time Capsule Tuesday: City of Industry and Hacienda Heights aerial photograph, 1 March 1961

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  • Posted on June 6, 2017December 28, 2020
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Time Capsule Tuesday: A 1941 Aerial Photo of the Homestead and City of Industry

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  • Posted on May 9, 2017December 28, 2020
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Recent Posts

  • Read All about It: News from Los Angeles in the New York Spectator, 14 August 1851
  • “We Are Swept with That Profound Pride and Patriotism”: The Official Program of the Pacific Fleet Festival, Los Angeles & Southern California, 9-13 August 1919
  • At Our Leisure Through the Viewfinder: A Photo Album of Camping in Big Santa Anita Canyon, San Gabriel Mountains, ca. 1910s
  • “Financial Facts for the Protection of the Investing Public”: The August 1920 issue of American Globe/ The Pacific Trade Review, Los Angeles
  • Working the Land: The Day Book of Laura González for the Workman Homestead, Rancho La Puente, July-August 1887

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Press photo, 1929. Spectators watch as each boat tries to knock the other over.
La Casa Nueva is turning 100! Check out these certificates we received from the State Senate in recognition of this milestone.
Free; tour sizes are limited and space is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
There's maintenance going on at the Homestead! This historic arch needed some help to stay standing, so we brought in some experts to get it back into shape.
Monument, Memorial, Showpiece, Home: Celebrating La Casa Nueva at 100
Check out this shot of our fountain from Song of the Gringo compared to a photo of our fountain today. Did you know our fountain supposedly contains the millstones from Workman's mill?

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