Today, I’m telling you about the now abandoned and allegedly haunted location of the former Los Angeles County Poor Farm that has a history that’s entangled with the California Gold Rush.Much of the information comes from a 2015 PBS So Cal article by Hadley Meares called “Ranch of the Friends: The Extraordinary Evolution of the Poor Farm” <a href="https://www.pbssocal.org/history-society/ranch-of-the-friends-the-extraordinary-evolution-of-the-l-a-county-poor-farm" target="_blank">https://www.pbssocal.org/history-society/ranch-of-the-friends-the-extraordinary-evolution-of-the-l-a-county-poor-farm</a>Also: California and the Politics of Disability, 1850–1970 Kindle Edition by <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_ebooks_1?ie=UTF8&amp;field-author=Eileen+V.+Wallis&amp;text=Eileen+V.+Wallis&amp;sort=relevancerank&amp;search-alias=digital-text" target="_blank">Eileen V. Wallis</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BTWX5SDZ?ref=KC_GS_GB_US" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BTWX5SDZ?ref=KC_GS_GB_US</a>And this Reddit post: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/LetsNotMeet/comments/1uiw98/the_cult_of_the_downey_insane_asylum/" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/LetsNotMeet/comments/1uiw98/the_cult_of_the_downey_insane_asylum/</a>Follow Haunted Hollywood Hour on Instagram at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/hauntedhollywoodhourpodcast/" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/hauntedhollywoodhourpodcast/</a>Want to send us a note? Email: hauntedhollywoodhour@gmail.com

The Los Angeles County Poor Farm (& the Stede Bonnet of poor farm superintendents)