• Photographs Then & Now: Gas Company Building/Parking Lot

    The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon. For this series, I compare a historic photo of Fullerton with a contemporary one from approximately the same angle. The first photo below is of the Southern Counties Gas Company building on Wilshire Avenue next…

  • Early Settlers: Dr. George Clark

    The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon. This mini-biography is based on various articles appearing in the Fullerton News-Tribune from 1893-1944. Dr. George C. Clark was born in Chambersburg, Ohio in 1863. After completing his studies in homeopathic medicine at Hahnemann Medical…

  • 1926 News Headlines

    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 reading over the microfilm, year by year, to get a sense of what…

  • Dallison Smith Linebarger: Livery Stable owner, OC Supervisor

    The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon. Dallison Smith Linebarger was born in Oregon in 1862. When he was a child his family moved to California, and he was raised in  Ventura County. In 1899 he moved to Fullerton, and bought the…

  • Oral Histories: Murvin Breest (bus driver)

    The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon. “Disaster is rarely as pervasive as it seems from recorded accounts. The fact of being on the record makes it appear continuous and ubiquitous whereas it is more likely to have been sporadic both in…

  • Early Settlers: Arthur Staley (Rancher/Banker)

    The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon. Arthur Staley was born near Santa Rosa, California in 1870, a son of Theodore and Drusilla (Teague) Staley, the former a native of Missouri, and the latter of Indiana. “Both parents were pioneers of California,” biographer…

  • Photographs Then & Now: McMahan’s Fire/Walk on Wilshire

    The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon. For this series, I compare a historic photo of Fullerton with a contemporary one from approximately the same angle. The first photo below is of a fire at the McMahon’s building on Wilshire Avenue in…

  • Photographs Then & Now: Fire Station/Half Off Books

    The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon. For this series, I compare a historic photo of Fullerton with a contemporary one from approximately the same angle. The first photo below is of the Fullerton Fire Station on Wilshire Avenue in 1937. The…

  • Photographs Then & Now: Chapman School/Fullerton College

    The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon. For this series, I compare a historic photo of Fullerton with a contemporary one from approximately the same angle. Below are two photographs of the southeast corner of Chapman and Lemon–the first is of the…

  • Early Settlers: The Moore Brothers (cement manufacturers)

    The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon. John A. Moore was born in Barton County, Missouri in 1884, three years before his brother James, but James was the first to come out to the west coast, at age 17. In 1906, John joined his…