Harry Butterfield was one of Los Alamitos’ earliest residents. He was born in Wilsonville, Nebraska and arrived with his family in 1897, while, the sugar factory was still under construction, and lived here about 7 years. [ref] GENEALOGY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN WHITE OF Wenham and Lancaster, MASSACHUSETTS. 1638- I90l, p. WILLIAM T. Butterfield … Read more
When this area started getting populated, students in seventh grade on attended schools in the Anaheim Union High School District. (Oak, Pine/McAuliffe, and Los Al HS were all originally built and within the Anaheim District. Local parents wanted to gain more control of their children’s destiny, and committees were formed to pursue the unification of … Read more
30 JULY 1959 — (Enterprise, p.1) Residents fume at “Outsiders” For attempt to Re-locate Air Base. Local Los Al residents get upset at a committee of Westminster and Garden Grove landowners and developers, who start campaign to “relocate the Los Al Naval Air Station. The committee includes only one “local,” Westminster dairyman Ale Tuinhout, but … Read more
This obituary is from the Long Beach Independent, May 15, 1952. Perry Green came to Los Alamitos in the mid 1920s and became a local real estate agent. Some Los Al histories list his name as “Rush” Green, but this obituary says Perry Green. According to his daughter, Lura, one of the areas he promoted … Read more