Ordeal By Fire
…free drink and tell them not to come again. One did come again to Dennison’s; he was flogged, and knocked over a lamp. Thus there started a conflagration that consumed…
…free drink and tell them not to come again. One did come again to Dennison’s; he was flogged, and knocked over a lamp. Thus there started a conflagration that consumed…
Inheriting the qualities of character which have made the Freer name respected and esteemed throughout El Monte district and indeed, all Los Angeles County, Lee Freer held rank as one…
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Following the period when the county was divided up into districts determined by the old Mexican Land Grants, comes that of a further division of this territory into the large…
Period of Large Landed Estates Read More ยป
…commanded to get together sixty of the best men possible. A call was sent out for the companies to assemble. They soon began to gather, coming some in rank as…
…the Wimsett System, as it is possible thereby to select the best and most reliable business and professional men in each community, as the organizers, officers, directors and advisory board,…
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…try and punish men for their crimes Vigilance Committee Criticized There was no call for the committee, because justice was obtainable in the courts–Cora much sinned against–How the committee shielded…
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…had blanketed the East with mortgages. Many sober communities were ready, deliberately and without excitement, to send their young men westward in the hope of finding a way out of…
…Digital Newspaper Collection A freely accessible repository of digitized California newspapers from 1846 to the present. Amador Ledger (Jackson, 1900-1911) Antelope Valley Political Observer (Lancaster, 2010-2012) Beach and Bay Press…
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James Bascom Freer, the second son of William H. Freer, whose name is known and honored throughout Southern California as that of a pioneer, was born in Trenton, Grundy County,…
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…very best and a kind Providence had kept us. This we did now, but still revolved the best plans and the most fortunate possibilities in our minds. We talked of…