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Thomas Edward Temple Shares Historic and Modern Memories of RLC
In commemoration of Rancho Los Cerritos’ 175th Anniversary year of when the adobe was built in 1844, the blog will feature a series of stories as…
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Thank you, Long Beach Post Readers!
Your votes counted! Rancho Los Cerritos is proud to announce wins in THREE categories in this year’s Long Beach Post’s Best of Long Beach 2019…
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A Sonoran Bumblebee Buzzes Through our Long Beach Gardens
We were recently visited by a Sonoran Bumblebee (Bombus sonorus), a fuzzy insect native to the Sonoran desert and much of the western United States. Typical…
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The Writings of Anne Bixby Chamberlin
When guests visit Rancho Los Cerritos in Long Beach today, they often hear docents talk about Sarah Bixby Smith. She was one of the nieces…
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Plant of the Moment: July
Gladiolus are July's plant of the moment. Breeding Gladiolus was popular in the early 1900s with old catalogs offering dozens of hybrids. Disease has eliminated…
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The Voyage of Life: A Bixby and American Treasure Preserved at RLC
The Voyage of Life, a series of four photographic prints, is prominently displayed in the Rancho Los Cerritos parlor today. These black and white prints…
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History Comes Alive: Mark Twain & Jedediah Smith
More than 100 guests visited Rancho Los Cerritos on Saturday, June 24, to see Brian Rogalbuto as Mark Twain and Bruce Buonauro as Jedediah Smith…
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Look What We Found
While searching for pictures of Rancho Los Cerritos, I found some photos of two beautiful weddings we hosted in 2014. Take a look at what I stumbled across...…
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