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The city of about 35,000 has always considered itself an island of Old California, even as clogged roads and McMansions blemished the once-pristine hills.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 4, 2026
His gesture signaled the triumph, in sculpture, of the New World before the Old.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026
It comes from a bald eagle known as "Old Abe" -- named for president Abraham Lincoln -- that served as a mascot to Union troops in over 30 battles in the US Civil War.
From Barron's • Jul. 2, 2026
By the 1890s, lines such as the Washington & Old Dominion Railroad carried fresh milk to the district daily.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026
The next morning, when Lulu and her family got up, Old Emma was sitting in the kitchen with a cloth rolled up on her lap.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
