Since Belmont Park first opened to the public in 1925, the historic Mission Beach amusement park and its iconic wooden roller ...

Anita would go on to date sugar magnate Adolph Spreckels Jr. before eventually marrying into American royalty as the wife of George Vanderbilt. Lindsay’s father, Charles Howard, acquired the estate.

The Howard marriage eventually ended with divorce. Anita ended up dating sugar magnate Adolph Spreckels Jr. before marrying ...

Sugar king Claus Spreckels employed Weeks to build the town of Spreckels two miles south of Salinas, with 40 homes, a school, various buildings and the largest sugar beet factory in the world.

Actor Viggo Mortensen Wins for The Dead Don't Hurt Screenplay; Novelist Johnny D. Boggs Receiving Record 10th Spur; Awards Ceremony in June in Amaril ...

A nice walking path encircles the lake, which is named after the Spreckels Sugar family, big donors to the park. Turtles have laid claim to a turtle sculpture that is in the middle of the lake itself.

The fact cattle were fed sugar beet pulp from the adjacent Spreckels Sugar factory created a distinctive odor. Between the sugar beet processing and the feed lot being just down from Manteca High ...

An additive -- glycerol -- can trigger toxic effects in young children. A new study warns parents to keep kids under four from drinking slush ice drinks that contain glycerol, an additive used to ...

The Mission Beach Amusement Center was sold to a new owner after Spreckels died. It was then renamed “Belmont Park” in the 1950s as it turned its focus on family-friendly entertainment.