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Tres Hermanos Hike Postview: Some History of Tonner Canyon Namesake Patrick C. Tonner (1844-1900), Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on April 23, 2026April 24, 2026
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Drilling for Black Gold: Sharing Early Olinda (Brea) Oil History With the Orange County Historical Society, 1865-1889, Part Two

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on February 16, 2025
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Read All About It in the Los Angeles Herald, 6 January 1875

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 6, 2025
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  • Commerce & Manufacturing

The Explosive History of Powder Canyon, Puente Hills

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on December 29, 2017December 18, 2020
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  • Miscellaneous

All Over the Map: Greater Los Angeles in 1872

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on August 22, 2016January 4, 2021
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Celebrating Local History in Pomona

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  • Posted on August 20, 2016December 30, 2020
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Recent Posts

  • “Greetings of Fellowship and Good Feeling”: The Telegraph Comes to Los Angeles, 1860
  • Shipping “The Staples of Our County” With Bills of Lading to William Workman from Tomlinson & Co. and the Steamship “Senator,” 4 and 7 June 1864
  • Commemorating America250: Rancho La Puente Reflections, 1776-1876
  • Treading the Boards With a Program From the Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, the Week of 5 June 1927
  • Read All About It in the Los Angeles Star, 4 June 1874

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