Showing posts with label Jean Louis Vignes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jean Louis Vignes. Show all posts
Saturday, September 30, 2017

We're Still Here, Part 5: The Natural History Museum

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It may seem odd to some of my readers that the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County  would have, let alone display, anything relate...
Friday, September 16, 2016

Welcome to the French Museum of Los Angeles/Bienvenue à la Musée des Français à Los Angeles

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Today is my birthday. What I would like to do is go to a museum. Specifically, a museum that tells Frenchtown's countless stories. ...
Monday, June 27, 2016

The Incredible Sainsevain Brothers

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(Image courtesy of the California State Archives. View more here .) There were four Sainsevain brothers in all, but two of them - Pierr...
Saturday, June 25, 2016

Emergency Edition: Doughboy in Danger! Tell Everyone!

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Just last month, I wrote about Humberto Pedretti's Doughboy statue - the World War I memorial anchoring Pershing Square. (Or what passe...
Thursday, June 2, 2016

Jean-Louis Vignes: Father of French Migration to California

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Jean-Louis Vignes (pronounced "vines") was born in Béguey, France (in Bordeaux's wine country) in 1780. In 1827, at the age of...
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Monday, May 30, 2016

Memorial Day Special Edition: The Doughboy

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This is, obviously, a pretty new blog covering a complex subject: the history of Southern California's forgotten French community. I o...
Tuesday, May 17, 2016

France and the Founding of Los Angeles

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The French have loved California ever since they found out it existed. Theodore de Croix, Captain General of northwestern Mexico under Kin...