Amos Alfred Fries (pronounced “freeze”) was career Army all the way. He was born in Viroqua, Wisconsin, on March 17, 1873. The family moved around a bit when he was young, first to Missouri and then to Oregon. Fries was living in Oregon when he applied and was accepted to the U.S. Military Academy inContinue reading “Army general Amos Fries played a huge role in developing the Port of Los Angeles”
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Moonstone Beach drew tourists, rock hounds, and profiteers to Redondo
Everybody seemed to love Moonstone Beach, one of the South Bay coastline’s most popular, if relatively short-lived, tourist stops on the Red Car railroad lines of the early 20th century. I’ve mentioned the stretch of shoreline strewn with ocean-polished smooth stones that ran roughly from the southern Hermosa Beach border to just above the RedondoContinue reading “Moonstone Beach drew tourists, rock hounds, and profiteers to Redondo”
