This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Lompoc Record Chronicles a Century of Town Hope and Strife
The Lompoc Record’s history traces its roots to founder W. W. Broughton and the temperance colony era. It covers early moves, editorial stances on dry laws, multiple publishers, absorption of rivals, and shifts to modern facilities as Lompoc thrived near Vandenberg AFB.
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Steve LA Rue
Lompoc
Mesa
W. W. Broughton
Santa Cruz
Broughton
Northern California
Record
Midwest
San Luis Obispo
Santa Barbara
Rrr
Phil Tucker
J. W. Webb
Webb
Valley
Alexander McLean
T. L. Harris
T. M. Storke
Santa Arbara
People’s Journal
William Randolph Hearst
Angular
C. K. Hardenbrook
Hardenbrook
Ronald M. Adam
Adam
John Graham
The
Journal
Pet
Santa Ynez
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Kenneth Adam
J. Donald Adam
Harriet Adam
Lompoc Valley