Long Beach history

The Ghost of Belmont Heights

                In my

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Long Beach Men Going Bald

            The stock market of 2018 is soaring and diving

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Long Beach Public Library History

Beginnings            The history of Long

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Iva Tutt, Electrical Pioneer

United Electric, Gas and Power Company office and

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Nellie Campbell, Potato Chip Queen

Some women in the early 1900s did improve their lot

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Predators

Beware Susceptible Women In August 1913, at least four Long

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What to do with a dead whale

On December 27, 2017, a juvenile fin whale was found

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From Farms To Subdivisions

RAILROADS GOP Railroad & the Long Beach Hotel 1887

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Alamitos Peninsula, Naples and Alamitos Heights Subdivisions

Alamitos Bay Peninsula Alamitos Peninsula beach, 1920. The

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The City of Belmont Heights

The area we now call “Belmont Heights” started as the

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