14 OCT 1955 — Dairymen Tie Up More Land South of Cypress; New “Dairy City” Overlaps Los Alamitos Boundary Lines

When it came to incorporating Los Alamitos had bad luck, but it may have been inevitable.  The members of the Los Alamitos Chamber of Commerce wanted to incorporate for the traditional reasons — local control of finances and services, and to prevent prime industrial tax-producing properties from being picked away piecemeal.  The Dairy farmers just … Read more

Biography: Los Al Race Track founder Frank Vessels – He bet the ranch and brought home a winner

Note: this article is a work in progress.  I have come across a number of articles and bios on Los Al Race Track founder Frank Vessels, but much of the information is regurgitated and unverified legend, not to mention often conflicting.  So this is an ongoing attempt to sift the fact from the legend — … Read more