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Vintage Sons of Norway lapel pins worn by members. The Sons of Norway was founded as the Independent Order of the Sons of Norway. [2] The organization was founded by 18 members on January 16, 1895, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to insure each other when they were unable to secure life insurance on their own.
a Southern Pacific employee named Roscoe or Roscoe Conkling or something else [1] Maintained by: Bureau of Street Services, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power: Length: 18 mi (29 km) Nearest metro station: Roscoe: West end: Valley Circle Boulevard in West Hills: Major junctions: SR 27 I-405 SR 170 Gaps in route I-5: East end: Verdugo ...
The nearly 100-year-old Topanga Ranch Motel was destroyed in the blaze on Tuesday night. The motel, initially bought by William Randolph Hearst in 1929, boasted 30 rooms that served as "an ...
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The area now known as Reseda was inhabited by Native Americans of the Tongva tribe who lived close to the Los Angeles River. [1]In 1909 the Suburban Homes Company, a syndicate led by H. J. Whitley, general manager of the Board of Control, Harry Chandler, H.G. Otis, M.H. Sherman and O.F. Brandt purchased 48,000 acres of the Farming and Milling Company for $2,500,000. [2]
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Lake Balboa is flanked on the north by Northridge, on the east by Van Nuys, on the south by the Sepulveda Basin and on the west by Reseda. [3] Its street and other boundaries are Roscoe Boulevard on the north, Balboa Place, the Van Nuys Airport, Hayvenhurst Avenue and Odessa Avenue on the east, Victory Boulevard on the south and White Oak Avenue on the west.
A general store named Roberts Store was used as a post office and water-tank station; later the area's name was changed to Roscoe, reportedly after the name of a railroad crew member. In the 1920s, development began on the Fernangeles tract (a blend of San Fernando and Los Angeles), with movie producer Cecil B. DeMille among the developers. The ...