Joe is correct. It is in Downey. My wife has Post Polio Syndrome and goest there for treatment. Terry Huff Joe Walker wrote: > > Sam... > > (Hoping we can very nicely remind him that proper > capitalization in E-mail posts is considered good > manners) > > Rancho Los Amigos is NOT in Norwalk, it is in Downey. > A simple Switchboard.com or Yahoo search will confirm > this. > > Joe > > --- "Sam-Quito Padilla G." <samquito@nmia.com> wrote: > > hello lester, > > > > if the los angeles county farm is located in downey, > > it is not the ranchos > > los amigos, as that is in norwalk. i know this as 2 > > of my mother's uncles > > were living in bungalows in the 1950's (they had TB) > > at ranchos los amigos. > > > > good luck trying to find the los angeles county > > farm. sam-quito > > > > > ************************************************************************* > > A message from Sam-Quito Padilla G. at: > > samquito@nmia.com > > We need donations & volunteers for the NM Death > > Index Project. > > For more information, click on: > > http://www.nmia.com/~samquito/nmdi.html > > I'm the County Coordinator for NMGenWeb's Socorro & > > Valencia Counties. > > Visit the Socorro County website at: > > http://www.everton.com/personal-pages/Socorro/ > > Visit the Valencia County website at: > > http://www.everton.com/personal-pages/Valencia/ > > I save used/cancel postage stamps for charity, > > including duplicates. Send > > any amount to myself at: > > 1520 Univ. Bl.,NE#314, Albuquerque, NM 87102-1720 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Lester M Powers <lesterps@juno.com> > > To: SOCAL-L@rootsweb.com <SOCAL-L@rootsweb.com> > > Date: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 10:38 PM > > Subject: Los Angeles County Farm > > > > > > >I got interested in whatever the "Los Angeles > > County > > >Farm" was too, especially after someone posted its > > location > > >as Downey, thus giving hope that it could be > > located. > > > > > >Here is some info I discovered today. > > > > > > Lester Powers > > > lesterps@juno.com > > > > > > > > >Los Angeles County Farm (Rancho Los Amigos, today > > the Rancho Los Amigos > > >hospital) at Downey: > > > > > > "Los Angeles County Farm [in the year 1923] -- > > This great > > >institution is situated sixteen miles southeast of > > Los Angeles, and three > > >miles south of Downey. It contains four hundred > > acres of fine farm land, > > >210 acres of which are now being cultivated. The > > twenty-six buildings on > > >the place cost the county $400,000. The daily > > average attendance, > > >including 225 harmless insane persons, is a total > > of 766. Ninety > > >civilian employees and 250 working residents do the > > labor for the place. > > >One hundred and ten of the inmates receive a fixed, > > but low wage, for > > >their work. The buildings are two-story concrete > > structures. Chapel > > >services are held each Sabbath. A talking machine > > [radio] placed on > > >wheels is moved from one ward to another daily for > > the amusement of the > > >inmates. Concerts and speeches are greatly enjoyed > > by the inmates of the > > >institution. The Women’s building has large > > porches on the east, west > > >and north sides. A hospital ward is provided. No > > room has more than two > > >beds. Each room has hot and cold running water > > with steam heat, rugs on > > >the floors and good furniture. All food is cooked > > in the main kitchen > > >and transferred to the Women’s wards in little > > steam wagons. Most of the > > >men eat in the large dining room, next to the main > > kitchen. The farm has > > >its own sewer plant, makes its own electricity, has > > a herd of 150 > > >Holstein-Freisian milch [sic] cows. Ordinarily > > there are milked each day > > >115 cows producing 500 gallons of milk -- over 38 > > pounds per cow. The > > >net cost per day for each inmate, last year, was > > sixty-two and four > > >tenths cents." > > > As of 1923 the Farm was operated by the Los > > Angeles County > > >Department of Charities. > > > Source: "History of Los Angeles County," John > > Steven McGroarty, ed., > > >The American Historical Society, Chicago and New > > York, 1923, vol. 1, p. > > >20. > > > > > > A whole chapter is devoted to the Farm in the > > book "History of > > >Downey: The Life Story of a Pioneer Community, And > > of the Man who > > >Founded it -- California Governor John Gately > > Downey -- From Covered > > >Wagon to the Space Shuttle," by Charles Russell > > Quinn, published by Elena > > >Quinn, Downey, California, 1973, copyright by the > > City of Downey. The > > >book describes the County Farm as originally an > > almshouse and poor farm, > > >also including shelter for the aged, physically > > disabled, and insane, > > >that over time became a county hospital. There > > were three phases in its > > >development. The first phase, from its founding in > > 1887 to 1915, was a > > >decline from a work camp for the poor to something > > less than that. The > > >second phase, beginning with William R. Harriman’s > > 1915 appointment as > > >superintendent, was a time of rehabilitation both > > for the Farm (as a > > >farm) and for its residents. Improvements to the > > real estate came first, > > >both the land and buildings, then to medical > > facilities (clinic built > > >1923; hospital built 1933). The third phase was > > conversion to a > > >long-term medical care facility for polio beginning > > in 1944. > > > > > > > > > >________________________________________________________________ > > >YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > > >Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > > >Try it today - there's no risk! 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