Holidays on the Homestead
We hope you enjoy the “Holidays on the Homestead” article by Carolyn Smuts for Wrangler Living in Rancho Mission Viejo.
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Happy Birthday, Nellie!
Nellie Gail Moulton was born on December 8, 1878 in Irving, Kansas to John Lockwood Gail (1848–1926) and Prudence Adelia Stoneman Gail (1853–1894). Nellie Maud Gail was born and grew up in Kansas. “She appeared in the 1880 census with her family in Marshall County, in the northeastern part of the state. Her parents, natives …
7 Historic O.C. Women
Nellie Gail Moulton, circa 1920, photographed while painting in a plein-air setting. Photograph courtesy of The Moulton Museum Orange Coast Magazine Article by Astgik Khatchatryan In honor of this month’s cover story, we look back at some of the most kickass women throughout O.C.’s history. Nellie Gail Moulton (1876-1973) Moulton was an artist and lifelong member of the …
Laguna Playhouse
Moulton Theatre Mrs. Lewis Moulton was a founder of the Laguna Playhouse. As a major donor for the 1969 construction of the Moulton Theatre, Nellie provided a $100,000 gift that made the new playhouse possible. She was pivotal to the fundraising campaign that secured this $450,000 350 seat theater in her nineties. William L. Pereira …
Aliso Wood Canyons
The Moulton Museum is committed to supporting local agencies with its local history. We are collaborating with the OC Parks staff to develop exhibits for the Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park Visitor Center. This 2,500 square-foot visitor center has “interpretive displays and a welcome station with information and maps to educate the public on …
Lewis Fenno Moulton
Lewis Fenno Moulton was born on January 17, 1854 in Chicago, Illinois to John Tildon Moulton, his Harvard educated lawyer father, who was one of the first editors of the Chicago Tribune. John was a classmate and friend of Abraham Lincoln. His mother Charlotte (Harding) Hiller Moulton was native to Maine. Lewis F. Moulton decided …
