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Attractions, Entertainment, and Points of Interests
HISTORY
In 1896, William Clark, an ex-senator from Montana bought 20 acres of square miles of what
was once Rancho Los Alamitos. His intent was to raise sugar beets and make sugar. The Los
Alamitos Sugar Company became the center of this new town, providing work and housing for
over 400 people. This town had all the amenities of frontier living; bars, a pool hall,
and even ladies of virtue. The town had such a look of the old west that a silent western
"Bond of Blood" was filmed here in 1919, because at the time it there was no
better Hollywood set that the real Los Alamitos.
In the mid 1920's there was a pest infestation and the sugarbeet business went bust. Then
the armed forces came into the area in During World War II and build a 1,300 acre Armed
forces reserve, which gave the community the economic boost it needed. Since then the
location has been used by all the armed forces and the California National Guard.
LOS ALAMITOS MUSEUM
11062 Los Alamitos Blvd
Los Alamitos, CA
(310) 431-8836
This location was once the site of the town's volunteer fire department and pays homage
those families that put Los Alamitos on Orange County's Map.
