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Glendale's earliest known Armenian settler

Archival records reveal the story of Megerdich James Normart, who arrived in Tropico 130 years ago and whose brother became Fresno’s earliest known Armenian visitor. Los Angeles-area newspaper archives reveal that a forgotten figure, Megerdich James B. Normart (originally Yanikian), bought 10 acres of land in Tropico, today’s south Glendale, on Monday, May 25, 1896, and lived there for 24 years before moving to Long Beach.1 This ostensibly made …
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The Armenian Weekly broke the news on Thursday, June 11, 2026.
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