The Feb. 19, 1930 issue of the Santa Ana Register, celebrating the paper’s 25 anniversary, featured pages dedicated to each Orange County community. Los Alamitos had a full page of stories focused on the town’s growth. In one story we learn that City Garden Acres (now Apartment Row) began as a subdivision developed by J.D. … Read more
In the mid 1920s the Long Beach Press-Telegram regularly ran a feature called News from neighboring Communities which featured articles submitted by readers in various surrounding communities. They seem to have usually been submitted by someone affiliated with local realtors who were trying to increase awareness of the homes and appeals of their communities. … Read more
Founded in 1897, Laurel School was the only School in the Los Alamitos Community until 1958 when Rossmoor School was opened. This is the staff photo from the 1951 Laurel School photobook. We have all the faculty and principal names, but a few custodians and admin staff remain unknown, We’re sure someone out there can … Read more
Nellie Butterfield and her brother Harry left two of the earliest first person remembrances of life in early Los Alamitos. While some details differ4 (Nellie says the family came in 1898, Harry says it was 1897 and Harry is probably right) overall, they provide a consistent record of how things were in the young town. … Read more
Many previous local histories cite the Los Alamitos School District’s s origins as going to back to 1881, a reference which is incorrect. [These errors seem to be based on the oft-cited, but long after the fact, memories of former OC Supervisor Thom. Talbert, Historical Volume and reference Works, Vol. II, Orange County, page 22 … Read more
Besides having the first sugar beet factory in Orange County, Los Alamitos also had one if its first dairy farms. The factory went out of business in 1926, but dairys stuck around until the early 1960s. The first local dairy was owned by Alois (Louis) Denn, a Swiss emigrant who began operating a cheese dairy … Read more
Besides having the first sugar beet factory in Orange County, Los Alamitos also had one if its first dairy farms. The factory went out of business in 1926, but dairys stuck around until the early 1960s. The first local dairy was owned by Alois (Louis) Denn, a Swiss emigrant who began operating a cheese dairy … Read more