The Names Behind Our Fields and Stadiums
Gene “Skip” Rowland Field Wilson High School On the corner of Seventh Street and Park Avenue, the Wilson Bruins baseball team plays at...
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Long Beach 908 Magazine Online
- Jan 19, 2018
- 3 min
Long Beach Neighborhood Names Immortalize their Founders (continued)
Park Estates Boundaries: Pacific Coast Highway and Clark Avenue, Atherton Street and Bellflower Boulevard Tract 14673 was initially laid...
- Jan 9, 2018
- 4 min
Pioneers of Local Education and the Names Behind our Local Schools (continued)
Burcham Elementary School 5610 E Monlaco Rd, Long Beach, CA 90808 David Burcham has been credited for the strong moral fiber that ran...
- Dec 26, 2017
- 2 min
Ladies of Long Beach Lanes
A pioneer Long Beach resident named Elvia Bartow Astle, the daughter of a prominent hotel owner named J.V. Bartow, proposed many of the...
- Dec 19, 2017
- 3 min
Howard Lyon Gymnasium & Dick DeHaven Stadium
Howard Lyon Gymnasium Millikan High School Long Beach basketball fans need to know the late Howard Lyon. There’s a reason his name is...
- Dec 15, 2017
- 3 min
Other Notable Landmarks in Long Beach
Joan Van Blom Bridge By Paul Slater Pacific Coast Highway at the Los Cerritos Channel Legendary Olympic rower Joan Van Blom, who passed...
- Dec 3, 2017
- 2 min
Long Beach Parks Honor History and Heroism
Drake Park 951 Main Ave, Long Beach, CA 90813 Drake Park, located west of Maine Avenue, is named after another Civil War veteran, Col....
- Nov 27, 2017
- 4 min
Long Beach Neighborhood Names Immortalize their Founders...(continued)
Bixby Hill Bixby Hill is a gated community located across the street on the east side of California State University, Long Beach. The...
- Nov 17, 2017
- 3 min
Pioneers of Local Education and the Names Behind our Local Schools continued...
Prisk Elementary School 2375 Fanwood Ave, Long Beach, CA 90815 After one term in the State Senate, William Prisk quickly learned that...
- Nov 15, 2017
- 1 min
Naples and the Rodeo Drive of Long Beach
Naples and the Rodeo Drive of Long Beach You probably didn’t know that Naples’ famed 2nd Street used to be called Gabriella Canal --...
- Nov 13, 2017
- 2 min
The Real Prospector Pete... A Look Into The Origin of LBSU’s 49er Mascot
In 1949, California was celebrating the 100th anniversary of the gold rush, and in Long Beach things were moving fast for the new State...
- Nov 6, 2017
- 4 min
Daugherty Field (Long Beach Municipal Airport) & the Jergins Tunnel
Earl Daugherty is the aviator credited for establishing the first inland airfield in Long Beach Before it was called the Long Beach...
- Nov 3, 2017
- 5 min
Building Neighborhoods Into Communities Through Libraries
Lloyd Whaley’s Los Altos Neighborhood Library 5614 E. Britton Dr, Long Beach, CA 90815 Lloyd Whaley had a vision. It was much larger...
- Oct 29, 2017
- 3 min
Long Beach Parks Honor History and Heroism
Whaley Park 5620 Atherton St, Long Beach, Ca. 90815 Without Lloyd Whaley, there would be no East Long Beach. So it’s only fitting that...
- Oct 25, 2017
- 3 min
Blair Field: Named for the man who saw it's potential
4700 Deukmajian Drive, Long Beach, CA 90804 The nostalgia surrounding Blair Field is second to none and it’s hard not to get the chills...
- Oct 22, 2017
- 2 min
Long Beach Neighborhood Names Immortalize their Founders
Willmore, Huntington, Drake, Nieto, Bixby —names you see and hear around Long Beach – the second largest city in the county. So, let’s...
- Oct 19, 2017
- 3 min
The Many Names of That State College in Long Beach
What’s in a name? Well, for California State University, Long Beach the question is more accurately – What is your name? Throughout the...
- Oct 16, 2017
- 4 min
Pioneers of Local Education and the Names Behind our Local Schools
Picking a name for a school is no easy venture, in particular when so many seek to have their chance at shaping history. Names are chosen...
- Oct 13, 2017
- 4 min
The Many Colors Behind Long Beach Street Names
Ever wonder what’s in a Long Beach street name? Like what’s a Woodruff? And what’s the story behind the street no one can spell, or...
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