Los Alamitos – Early Memories – Bessie Juszkievicz

This article was originally published in The News-Enterprise, presumably in the year 1980.  Bessie Juszkievicz was the wife of Bronislav Juszkievicz who was the field superintendent  for the sugar beet factory.  They arrived in Los Alamitos in 1922 from Illinois.  Bronislav kept that job for a number of years, even after the factory shut down … Read more

1926-1943 – After the Sugar – The Los Alamitos Sugar Factory and Dr. Ross

  The Los Alamitos Sugar Factory was operated for its original purpose for a little over 20 years – from 1897, when it opened as a state of the art facility and the first beet sugar factory in Orange County.  Within a few years there would be five beet sugar factories in the county, all … Read more