Workman & Temple Family Homestead Museum

Workman & Temple Family Homestead Museum We are open for guided tours of the historic houses Fri.-Sun., from 12-4 p.m. We are closed the 4th Fri.-Sun. of every month & on major holidays.

Tours of the Workman House are offered at 12 & 2 p.m., & tours of La Casa Nueva are offered at 1 & 3 p.m.

The tenth part of a post on The Homestead Blog concerning the August 1924 killing of Theresa Weinstein Moers by her love...
09/05/2026

The tenth part of a post on The Homestead Blog concerning the August 1924 killing of Theresa Weinstein Moers by her lover, ex-pugilist Kid McCoy (Norman Selby) covers the December trial with the prosecution alleging first-degree murder punishable by the death penalty and the defense arguing both that it was a su***de by Moers and that their client was insane. Part 11 is tomorrow: https://homesteadmuseum.blog/2026/09/05/i-will-tell-a-story-that-will-convince-any-kind-of-jury-the-death-of-theresa-weinstein-moers-by-boxer-kid-mccoy-august-1924-part-ten/

by Paul R. Spitzzeri In December 1924, nearly four months after the shooting death of Theresa Weinstein Moers (Mors), her lover Norman Selby, known to the public as former boxing champion Kid McCoy…

We return to the 1924 killing of Theresa Weinstein Moers and the charge against her lover, Norman Selby (known as former...
09/05/2026

We return to the 1924 killing of Theresa Weinstein Moers and the charge against her lover, Norman Selby (known as former boxing legend Kid McCoy) in her death as the ninth part of a post on The Homestead Blog takes us from September through early December and the start of his murder trial. Part ten, covering the trial, is tomorrow: https://homesteadmuseum.blog/2026/09/04/the-fault-may-be-his-and-the-anger-be-hot-the-death-of-theresa-weinstein-moers-by-boxer-kid-mccoy-august-1924-part-nine/

by Paul R. Spitzzeri With the investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office into the August 1924 shooting death of Theresa Weinstein Moe…

The concluding fourth part of a post on The Homestead Blog looking at transportation routes through the San Gabriel Vall...
09/04/2026

The concluding fourth part of a post on The Homestead Blog looking at transportation routes through the San Gabriel Valley, particularly in eastern section, from 1851 to 1926 focuses on automobile highways and byways, which grew in tandem with the boom in cars during the first three decades of the 20th century: https://homesteadmuseum.blog/2026/09/03/trails-tracks-and-thoroughfares-routes-of-travel-through-the-san-gabriel-valley-1851-1926-part-four/

by Paul R. Spitzzeri The automobile age came to Los Angeles in 1897 when J. Philip Erie introduced a “horseless carriage” on the streets of the Angel City and, though the vehicle was no…

Part three of a post, following last weekend's Route 66 Centennial presentation at the Glendora Public Library, looking ...
09/03/2026

Part three of a post, following last weekend's Route 66 Centennial presentation at the Glendora Public Library, looking at routes of travel through the San Gabriel Valley from 1851-1926, takes in railroad and streetcar development in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as the valley and greater Los Angeles, as a whole, experienced tremendous growth. Tomorrow's concluding part four looks at major automobile routes through the Valley during the early 1900s: https://homesteadmuseum.blog/2026/09/02/trails-tracks-and-thoroughfares-routes-of-travel-through-the-san-gabriel-valley-1851-1926-part-three/

by Paul R. Spitzzeri For about a quarter-century after the establishment of Los Angeles County in spring 1850, the development of transportation routes through the eastern San Gabriel Valley to poi…

Following yesterday's Route 66 centennial program at Glendora Public Library, the second part of a post on The Homestead...
08/30/2026

Following yesterday's Route 66 centennial program at Glendora Public Library, the second part of a post on The Homestead Blog looking at routes of travel through the San Gabriel Valley from 1851 to 1926 examines mail and stage routes, early railroads and public and private roads through the area from 1854 to 1874. We'll return soon with part three: https://homesteadmuseum.blog/2026/08/30/trails-tracks-and-thoroughfares-routes-of-travel-through-the-san-gabriel-valley-1851-1926-part-two/

by Paul R. Spitzzeri With two principal Los Angeles County public highways traversing the eastern San Gabriel Valley in the 1850s, these being the modern Mission Road/Valley Boulevard and Ramona Bo…

Following a Route 66 centennial event at the Glendora Public Library this morning, the first part of the newest post on ...
08/30/2026

Following a Route 66 centennial event at the Glendora Public Library this morning, the first part of the newest post on The Homestead Blog sharing some history of routes of travel through the San Gabriel Valley from 1851-1926 looks at roads and travel to and from the area during the 1850s, with part two tomorrow: https://homesteadmuseum.blog/2026/08/29/trails-tracks-and-thoroughfares-routes-of-travel-through-the-san-gabriel-valley-1851-1926-part-one/

by Paul R. Spitzzeri It was a pleasure this morning to take part, with collector and enthusiast John Atwater, in a program at the Glendora Public Library marking the centennial of the creation of R…

The concluding second part of a post on The Homestead Blog, following a reading of a 1937 biography of Bank of Californi...
08/29/2026

The concluding second part of a post on The Homestead Blog, following a reading of a 1937 biography of Bank of California cashier William C. Ralston, looks at the stunning failure of the institution in August 1875 and the effect on the banks of Los Angeles, one of which was Temple and Workman, run by F.P.F. Temple, the "Ralston of Los Angeles": https://homesteadmuseum.blog/2026/08/28/our-business-here-is-to-keep-cool-and-self-possessed-the-failure-of-the-bank-of-california-in-san-francisco-and-the-banks-of-los-angeles-26-august-1875-part-two/

by Paul R. Spitzzeri Following the 26 August 1875 crash of the Bank of California, the Golden State’s largest and most powerful financial institution, and the almost immediate death of its ma…

A recent reading of George D. Lyman's 1937 book on San Francisco banking titan William C. Ralston is the impetus for the...
08/28/2026

A recent reading of George D. Lyman's 1937 book on San Francisco banking titan William C. Ralston is the impetus for the newest post on The Homestead Blog concerning his bank's late August 1875 suspension amid a financial panic that soon spread to Los Angeles, where the "Ralston of Los Angeles," F.P.F. Temple faced a devastating run on his Temple and Workman bank. Part two is tomorrow: https://homesteadmuseum.blog/2026/08/27/los-angeles-never-stood-so-well-as-she-does-now-the-failure-of-the-bank-of-california-in-san-francisco-and-the-banks-of-los-angeles-26-august-1875-part-one/

by Paul R. Spitzzeri An interesting recent read in California history was George D. Lyman’s 1937 book, Ralston’s Ring: California Plunders the Comstock Lode, which, despite the subtitle…

The eighth part of a post on The Homestead Blog dealing with the August 1924 killing of Theresa Weinstein Moers by her l...
08/27/2026

The eighth part of a post on The Homestead Blog dealing with the August 1924 killing of Theresa Weinstein Moers by her lover, retired boxing champion Norman Selby (Kid McCoy) looks at media coverage before the setting of the trial date, including a hunt for missing jewels, further evaluations of his sanity and her funeral: https://homesteadmuseum.blog/2026/08/26/i-want-to-tell-the-world-about-it-the-death-of-theresa-weinstein-moers-by-boxer-kid-mccoy-august-1924-part-eight/

by Paul R. Spitzzeri As Norman Selby, known to the public as Kid McCoy, former boxing champion and film actor, prepared to be put on trial for killing his lover, Theresa Weinstein Moers (Mors), his…

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