The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon. Howard Crooke, a long time Fullerton resident, was Interviewed by Ellis Delameter for the CSUF Oral History Program in 1975. Here’s a summary of that interview, along with some historic photos. Crooke was born in…

The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon. The Local History Room of the Fullerton Public Library has microfilm from the Fullerton Tribune newspaper stretching back to 1893. I am in the process of skimming over the microfilm, year by year, to get…

The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon. The Fullerton College web site contains digital archives of the Weekly Torch (now called The Hornet), Fullerton College’s newspaper, stretching all the way back to 1923. As part of my research into local history, I’ve…

The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon. The Local History Room of the Fullerton Public Library has microfilm from the Fullerton Tribune newspaper stretching back to 1893. I am in the process of skimming over the microfilm, year by year, to get…

The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon. Mary Laura Campbell, a long time Fullerton Librarian, was interviewed in 1972 for the CSUF Oral History Program by Shirley E. Stephenson. Here are some excerpts from that interview, along with some historic photos. I…

The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon. C. Stanley Chapman, son of Fullerton’s first mayor Charles Chapman, was interviewed in 1976 for the California State University Fullerton Oral History Program by Nita June Busby. Here are some excerpts from that interview, along…

The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon. George Esmay was born in Jackson County, Iowa in 1859. As a young man he worked as a carpenter, then became a railroad operator. In 1883, he married Ettie May Garlick, whose father James had been active…

The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon. Arthur R. Marsom was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1871. As a young man he learned the trade of carriage painter. In 1898, he moved to California and worked as a contractor building houses in…

The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon. “An expert machinist who has proven himself to be a successful  rancher is Harvey B. Royer,” biographer Samuel Armor wrote in 1921, “one of the dependable employees of the Santa Fe Railroad since 1909 and…