Name/Title
"MY STORY"Entry/Object ID
2005.644.1.1Description
"MY STORY," Rebecca Humphreys Turner (Pasadena: Typecraft, Inc.,) 1960. The work is the story of the wife of, William F. Turner, the operator of Workman Mill from about 1867 to 1874, and includes much detail of the attempted robbery in June 1874 of Turner's store, owned in conjunction with Workman ranch foreman Frederick Lambourn, and the subsequent capture and lynching of Jesus Romo by Lambourn, Jacob Schlessinger, and Walter Drown, whose guardian was William Workman and raised by the Temples. This was the last lynching in Los Angeles County. Contains some illustrations of the Turners, Lambourn, Drown, and the mill cottage. Because there were only 100 copies printed, this item is being accessioned into the Library's Special Collections unit. Aside from cover wear and letter fading, the condition is good.Lexicon
Search Terms
Typecraft, Inc., Frontier and pioneer life--California
