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Life of Lummis at Huntington Westerners luncheon
Mark Thompson discusses Charles Fletcher Lummis pioneer journalist and founder of the Southwest Museum at Huntington Westerners luncheon in Pasadena. The talk covers Lummis 3500 mile 1884 Los Angeles walk, his journal Out West, Landmarks Society, and influence on writers while noting his diary excesses and 1928 death. Reservations $16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Fleetcher Lummis
Southwest Museum
Mark Thompson
Huntington Westerners
Beckham Grill
West Walnut Pasadena
Lummis
Chillicothe
Ohio
Los Angeles
Harrison Gray Otis
Los Angeles Times
Abraham Lincoln
Lum
Times
Arizona
Bering
Landmarks Society
Mexico
Jack London
John Muir
Ina Coolbirth
Jessie Benton Fremont
Mary Austin
Thompson
Charles Fletcher
Southwest
Arcade Publishing Company
New York
Kobe
Japan
Hiram College
Columbia Law School
Wilson Quarterly
California Lawyer
Los Angeles Daily Journal
Wall Street Journal
Economist
Huntington