Shark fishing in Alamitos Bay – 1913

Here is an early description of Alamitos Bay from Out West magazine, Charles Lummis booster-istic magazine which played a significant role in publicizing Southern California’s virtues, real and non-existent from the 1890s and into the early 20th century. Reprinted from Out West Magazine, a magazine of the old Pacific and the new, Volumes 37-38 (1913) … Read more

Shark fishing in Alamitos Bay – 1913

Here is an early description of Alamitos Bay from Out West magazine, Charles Lummis booster-istic magazine which played a significant role in publicizing Southern California’s virtues, real and non-existent from the 1890s and into the early 20th century. Reprinted from Out West Magazine, a magazine of the old Pacific and the new, Volumes 37-38 (1913) … Read more

Sweet Old Days in Los Alamitos

The following article was originally published in the June 1956 issue of Westways Magazine.  At the time Los Alamitos was still an unincorporated area of 600 residents, mainly residing in the Old Town areas just north of Katella Avenue and Los Alamitos Boulevard, the Garden Park Acres (now Apartment Row) between Katella and Farquhar and … Read more

Sweet Old Days in Los Alamitos

The following article was originally published in the June 1956 issue of Westways Magazine.  At the time Los Alamitos was still an unincorporated area of 600 residents, mainly residing in the Old Town areas just north of Katella Avenue and Los Alamitos Boulevard, the Garden Park Acres (now Apartment Row) between Katella and Farquhar and … Read more