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March 18th in Seal Beach History
Anaheim Landing becomes a landmark Continue reading
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March 9th in Seal Beach History
Seal Beach plays hardball to get a bridge. Continue reading
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Tagged 1931, 1932, Alamitos Bay, Long Beach, Long Beach History, Long Beach Peninsula, Ocean Avenue, Ocean Avenue Bridge, Orange County, Orange County history, san gabriel river, Seal Beach, Seal Beach Bridge, Seal Beach History, Seal Beach Real Estate, Southern California, Southern California history
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February 24th in Seal Beach History
It all started in San Francisco on this date. Continue reading
February 20th In Seal Beach History
The steam plant gets a spur. Continue reading
February 6th In Seal Beach History
The Seal Beach city council considers many things. Continue reading
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Tagged 1937, Alamitos Bay, B. B. Brown, California Refining Company, Derby Walkathon, DWP, F. B. Cole Refining, Fifth Street, First Street, Joy Zone, Los Angeles Gas and Electric Corp, Ocean Avenue, Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Electric, PCH, power plant, san gabriel river, Seal Beach, Seal Beach History, Steam Plant, Twelfth Street, Victor Hayes, Victor W. Hayes, Walkathon
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January 14th In Seal Beach History
We’re dredging up some local history and using it to fill this post. Continue reading
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Tagged Alamitos Bay, Bayside Land Company, Bridgeport, Central Avenue, Central Way, DWP, Electric Avenue, Fifth Street, First Street, Long Beach Peninsula, Los Angeles Gas and Electric Corp, Main Street, Naples, Pacific Electric, Philip Stanton, power plant, Red Car, Seal Beach, Seal Beach History, Steam Plant
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August 26th in Seal Beach History
On this date in 1937, Hal Ross launched the 1937 Derby Show on a triangle of land between Coast Highway and Hathaway Avenue in Seal Beach, probably in a large circus big top type tent. To save the curious reader … Continue reading
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Tagged 1930, 1931, 1937, 1937 Derby Show, Alamitos Bay, Bay City Center, Bolsa Avenue, Coast Highway, Derby Show, Derby Walkathon, Hal J. Ross, Hal J. Ross Enterprises, Hal Ross, Hathaway Avenue, Hathaway cut-off, Marina Drive, Pacific Coast Highway, Seal Beach, Seal Beach History, Walkathon
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August 22nd in Seal Beach History
On this date in 1926, the 7:15 p.m. Pacific Electric red car west bound on the Seal Beach to Long Beach line made an unexpected detour at First Street and Ocean Avenue. Normally, the red car would continue across the … Continue reading
August 6th in Seal Beach History
On this date in 1904, the Pacific Electric Railway ran this advertisement in the Los Angeles Times. This was only the second PE ad to mention the newly named Bay City and Anaheim Landing as destinations (The first ad was a holiday spread … Continue reading
July 23rd in Seal Beach History
On this date in 1915, the Santa Ana Register ran a short story with the provocative headline, “SEAL BEACH TO INCORPORATE AND BE WET?” Seal Beach’s incorporation by election was just a little over three months away, and rumors were … Continue reading
