 | THE COVER The gracious Edwardian lady enjoying an afternoon idyll on
Alamitos Bay in 1907 is the author's grandmother, Nell Adelia Baker, who later
married Albert Goudron. The Bakers were a pioneer southern California family.
Several members married into the Edwards family, which established Westminster
in the 1870s. The families maintained homes in the Alamitos Bay region. In
1908, Nell Baker's sorority at the University of Southern California hosted a
national teacher's convention which included a journey to Naples on the Pacific
Electric line.
CREDITS I would like to express my gratitude to the following people
who generously contributed to the compilation of this book, and without whom
this compilation could never have come to fruition: Vivian Hudson, Louise
Winberg, Lucille Selover, Jack MacNeil, Dr. J. Gordon Bateman and his wife,
Olive, Betsy Ogilby, Moanie Mashburn, Bryant Essick, Jim and Patti Howard, Mary
Alexander, Vince Fioretta, Geoffrey Agisim and Lisa Wibroe, The Long Beach
Public Library, Alan Berg, the previous efforts of William Hardcastle and
Audrey Hand, The Naples Improvement Association Board of 1987, and the
unfailing support of my wife and son, Maureen and Adam Poe. |