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Hawthorne Water Company

FUN FACTS: In 1954, just like today, water rationing was present in Hawthorne California. Hawthorne built four new steel reservoirs, increasing water storage by over... Continue reading

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Homes

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A History of Wiseburn School District

The Wiseburn School District, which presently encompasses parts of western Hawthorne, Del Aire and eastern El Segundo, officially formed on March 5, 1896, after a... Continue reading

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A History of Hawthorne Schools

Written in 1934 Author Unknown   In the fall of 1907 the citizens of Hawthorne decided that two miles was too much of a walk... Continue reading

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Memories of Local Businesses

Fun facts for anyone who lived in Hawthorne from 1950 to today: Here you have Killarney Liquor Store, located at what was originally called 313... Continue reading

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Welcome to our new redesigned website!

Welcome Hawthorne Historical Society’s website. This website was redesigned in 2021 to enable those of you unable to visit our Museum in California to have... Continue reading

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Welcome back Hawthorne Historical members!

Welcome to 2021 redesign of our website. In appreciation of your membership support, you are given additional access through this website to some of the... Continue reading

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Hawthorne Boulevard

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The Story of The Hawthorne Plaza

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Trading Places – Streets, Numbers and Time

The Hawthorne Historical Society’s informal timeline of our city’s story in the greater context of history from the last Ice Age to the present is... Continue reading