Monday, November 30, 2009

In Walter Knott's Footsteps: Calico (1)

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The little town of Calico , near Yermo , California, sprang to life with a silver boom. At it's peak the place had about 1,200 resident...
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Saturday, November 28, 2009

In Walter Knott's Footsteps: Buena Park

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Walter Knott and his cousin, Jim Preston , rented land south of Buena Park and started growing berries there in 1920. They soon opened a...
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Friday, November 27, 2009

In Walter Knott's Footsteps: Shandon

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The Knott's long experiment in the Mojave proved a failure. Walter took other jobs nearby, including one as a carpenter in a short-li...
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Thursday, November 26, 2009

In Walter Knott's Footsteps: Newberry Springs (2)

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Today's images are before-and-after photos of the Knott homestead in Newberry Springs . Aside from the small house disappearing, thi...
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

In Walter Knott's Footsteps: Newberry Springs (1)

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The second stop on our Knott trek was the parcel of land Walter and Cordelia homesteaded in Newberry Springs on the Mojave Desert from...
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Monday, November 23, 2009

In Walter Knott's Footsteps: Norco

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Employees tending the Knott's short-lived attempt at a second nursery location. (Photo courtesy Orange County Archives) On Saturday, Ph...
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Friday, November 20, 2009

Postcards from Anaheim

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Here are a few more postcards from Tom Pulley 's collection -- This time depicting Anaheim . The postcard above shows the Municipal Lig...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Huntington Beach historical documents

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Self-described "info sherpa" Richard K. Moore writes, "...With the assistance of library volunteer Stuart Gitlin , the [ Hu...