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Fullerton in 1947
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 Daily News-Tribune newspaper stretching back to 1893. I am in the process of reading over the microfilm, year by year, to get…
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Fullerton: The Boom Years (a book report)
The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon. As part of my research into Fullerton history, I’ve just finished reading an excellent book called Fullerton: The Boom Years by Sylvia Palmer Mudrick, Debora Richey, and Cathy Thomas. The book vividly chronicles Fullerton’s extraordinary…
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Fullerton in 1946
The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon. Post-War International News World War II had ended the previous year, and the first frosts of the Cold War were being felt between the capitalist west and large communist countries like Russia and (eventually) China,…
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A Brief History of CSUF
The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon. California State University, Fullerton played a very significant role in my early adulthood. I got my B.A. in English there in 2004, and then went on to get a M.A. in English in 2007. That…
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Fullerton in Deep Time
The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon. “The earth is over 4 billion years old, but the oldest rocks in the county are less than 200 million years old. Thus, the geologic history recorded in the rocks found in Orange County only…
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Fullerton in 1945
The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon. President Roosevelt Died during his fourth term in office. In World War II, the Axis powers surrendered. Following intense fire bombing of major cities and the dropping of two atomic bombs, Japan also surrendered. In…
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A Brief History of Immigration to Fullerton
The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon. Lately, given the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants, I’ve been thinking a lot about the history of immigration, specifically to my hometown of Fullerton, California. I think that if more people knew about the history…
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Fullerton in 1944
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 Daily News-Tribune newspaper stretching back to 1893. I am in the process of reading over the microfilm, year by year, to get…
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Fullerton: 1921-1930
The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon. Growth Throughout the 1920s, Fullerton enjoyed a period of rapid growth, as shown by a 1922 population of over 10,000, 20 miles of paved roads, 15 new subdivisions on the market, hundreds of new homes…
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Fullerton in 1943
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 Daily News-Tribune newspaper stretching back to 1893. I am in the process of reading over the microfilm, year by year, to get a…
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