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! For your FREE > software, visit: > >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? From homework help to love advice, Yahoo! 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