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Commentary: Long Beach's Golden Spike
On May 10, the nation will be celebrating the 150th anniversary of the completion of the first transcontinental…
Long Beach’s first baseball star
On July 4, 1904, Long Beach’s own George Thomas Stovall played his first Major League Baseball game for…
Susan Patterson Hathaway Bixby: An early environmentalist
Finding love and business Susan Hathaway, born in Skowhegan, Maine, on March 22, 1845, was one of eight…
The challenge of seeking racial harmony in the 1950s
In 2007, Indira Hale Tucker and Aaron L. Day compiled The Heritage of African Americans in Long Beach:…
What was happening 100 years ago? (Part 2)
The following is Part 2 in a series of columns documenting Long Beach’s history one century ago. Today’s…
What was happening 100 years ago? (Part 1)
The following is Part 1 in a series of columns documenting Long Beach’s history one century ago. Today’s…
An infamous day and the events that followed it
Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941, is a date few will ever forget, for on that day, the Japanese…
Why we celebrate Nov. 11
The morning of Nov. 7, 1918, at 9:06am, the Long Beach Daily Telegram received a United Press wire–…
Urban legends and orphans: A tale of Dr. Michael Schutz
I was surprised to come across an urban legend in writing this column. According to a 2002 Mayfair…
Do you believe in ghosts?
A recent USA Today poll says that 34 percent of Americans believe in ghosts– that’s one in every…