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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. “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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon. While browsing the archives of the Fullerton Public Library Local History Room, I recently came across a brief autobiography of William L. Hale, an important early businessman and politician of Fullerton. The bio is called…

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…

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…