Long before there was a Boyle Heights, the area was occupied by the Lopez and Rubio families who had adobe houses there. Perhaps someone descended from those families has photographs and the history of those important early settlers and their homes to share on this blog. Meantime, in 1858, Irish native Andrew Boyle, recently arrived…
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Isaias W. Hellman: A Partner in the Founding of Boyle Heights
Hanukkah begins on December 12, so this seems an appropriate time for this post, because the history of Jewish people in Boyle Heights is an essential part of the community’s legacy, especially in the years between the First World War and just after World War II. Few people have known, however, that a Jewish man…