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Shell Game, Part Five: Some Early History of Walnuts in Los Angeles, 1869

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on October 1, 2025December 3, 2025
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Childs Play: Real Estate Speculation During Los Angeles’ First Boom, 1874-1875

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on October 16, 2019January 7, 2021
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The Southern California Horticultural Society Pavilion, 1878-1882

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on May 9, 2018January 8, 2021
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On This Day: The Election for Los Angeles County Treasurer, 1 September 1875

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on September 1, 2017December 28, 2020
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  • Commerce & Manufacturing

The Inventory of the Temple and Workman Bank, February 1876, Part Three

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on February 18, 2017December 29, 2020
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Working the Land: Lemons in Greater Los Angeles

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on November 27, 2016December 30, 2020
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Recent Posts

  • “A Trip Through the Cemeteries Demonstrates the Fact that Forgetfulness Soon Follows Dissolution”: Some History of the Old Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1856-1896, Part Six
  • “It Doesn’t Pay for Anyone to Monkey With Me”: The Wineville Chicken Coop Murderers Extradited, October 1928, Part Four
  • “You Keep Your Mouth Shut if You Happen to Know Anything”: The Wineville Chicken Coop Murderers Extradited, October 1928, Part Three
  • “I Will Go Crazy If They Keep Me Here Much Longer”: The Wineville Chicken Coop Murderers Extradited, October 1928, Part Two
  • “The Case Against Northcott Is Ironclad and Complete”: The Wineville Chicken Coop Murderers Extradited, October 1928, Part One

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