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The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon. In his book A History of the Fullerton Union High School and Fullerton Junior College 1893-1943, former superintendent Louis Plummer includes a section entitled “Americanizaton.” What was “Americanization”? Basically, it was a statewide program to…

The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon. Lately I’ve been writing a series of posts on the history of Fullerton Union High School. As part of this research, I’ve been looking through the digital archives of the annual FUHS yearbook, called Pleiades,…

The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon. Here is Part II of a summary of Louis E. Plummer’s 1949 book A History of the Fullerton Union High School and Fullerton Junior College 1893-1943. Read Part I HERE. Following the destruction by fire…

The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon. In 1949, Louis E. Plummer, former superintendent of Fullerton High School and Fullerton College, published a book entitled A History of the Fullerton Union High School and Fullerton Junior College 1893-1943. His book is packed…

The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon. Abe Pritchard was born in Quebec, Canada in 1865 to James and Eliza Pritchard, farmers who had ten children. After his parents died, he continued with the family farm with his brother Robert until 1900, when…

The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon. Dr. Danforth C. Cowles was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1875. His father was Dr. Ransom F. Cowles, who served as a surgeon in the Confederate army during the Civil War. In his early years…

The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon. O.V. Knowlton was born in Pennsylvania in 1848, the son of Charles and Cornelia Knowlton. When he was only three weeks old his father was murdered. In 1851 his mother took him to Illinois. She died…

The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon. William Thomas Brown was the first president of the Fullerton Chamber of Commerce and according to biographer Samuel Armor “an early advocate of the most enthusiastic sort of good roads, able to boast with pride that…

The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon. Benjamin Franklin Porter was born in Tennessee and grew up in Texas. According to biographer Samuel Armor, “He was a  plantation holder in that commonwealth [Texas], and was therefore always a man of influence.” He migrated…

The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon. Alex Henderson was born in Scotland in 1866. When he was five years old he immigrated with his parents Peter and Margaret to Ontario, Canada. At age 19 he apprenticed to learn the blacksmith trade.  After working…