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Cawston Ostrich Farm, located in South Pasadena, California, United States, was opened in 1896 by Edwin Cawston. It was one of America's first ostrich farms [ 1 ] and was located in the Arroyo Seco Valley just three miles (5 km) north of downtown Los Angeles and occupied nine acres . [ 2 ]
Ostrich farming in North America began in the late 19th century, initially focusing on the production of feathers, which were highly prized for fashion accessories. [3] The first ostrich farm was established by Charles Sketchley in California where the climate was similar to the ostriches' native habitat in Africa. [ 4 ]
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In the 1930s, traveling on Huntington would have drove you by the Cawston Ostrich Farm in South Pasadena and in Monrovia a hot dog stand, the first restaurant opened by the McDonald brothers who would later create the fast-food restaurant McDonald's. Huntington Drive between Soto Street and Fair Oaks Avenue was the original alignment of US 66 ...
Thomas is a third-generation Californian, with her great-grandfather the founder of Cawston Ostrich Farm in South Pasadena, which was the first ostrich farm in the U.S. [3] In 1981, she married James Pardee Jr. at a church in Beverly Hills.
Disney, Six Flags, and even the Flintstones have had amusement parks that succumbed to disasters, bad press, and shifting entertainment markets. But for the adventurous, abandoned theme parks ...
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