An obituary on Himon N. Pierce as well as a photograph and newspaper clipping on his work with the Pomona Land and Water Company and Loop-Meserve Water Company. Includes his tax receipts and photographs of various Claremont residences.
Architecture, Domestic; Citrus fruit industry; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Dwellings; Hikers; Horses; Frontier and pioneer life; Gold mines and mining; Landscape and garden; Landscape photography; Miners; Parade floats; Photographs;...
Two photographs and a newspaper clipping on development and hiker expeditions in the mountain ranges near Claremont, particularly the San Antonio Canyon. Also includes landscape photographs from residences on Foothill Boulevard and a photograph of...
Alvarado, Juan Bautista, 1809-1882; Architecture, Domestic; Carrion, Saturino; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Dams; Famines; Fruit growers; Irrigation; Land grants-California; Mortgages; Obituaries; Palomares, Ignacio; Photographs; Ranchers;...
Reverse page contains an obituary, photograph, and short histories on the Carrions and the land grant they received from Ignacio Palomares and Ricardo Vejar.
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company; Canyons; Foothill Boulevard (Claremont, Calif.); Forest reserves; Land grants; Land grants-California; Maps; Mountains; Public schools; Real property; Real property-California; Southern Pacific...
Reverse of page 394 contains a map that shows a portion of the San Gabriel Valley with Azusa to the west and both the San Jose addition and San Dimas to the east. The Angeles National Forest is noted at top. Map contains cities, street names, and...
Airplanes; Architecture, Domestic; Archives; Beekeepers; Botany; Brackett, Frank Parkhurst, b. 1865; Citrus fruit industry; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Dwellings; El Alisal (Claremont, Calif.); Flood damage; Flood damage prevention;...
Articles cover William T. Martin, Claremont's first American settler, as well as the early history of Claremont floods and flood damage. Other pieces describe the unique history of specific areas in early Claremont including Palmer Canyon, El...
Pamphlets; Portraits; Obituaries; Norton, Edwin Clarence; Spalding, Phebe Estelle; Sumner, Charles Burt; Neely, Charles Gracchus; Brackett, Frank Parkhurst, b. 1865; College teachers; Memorial service; College presidents; Pomona College (Claremont,...
A booklet honoring Daniel Herbert Colcord and photographs of the Claremont and Pomona College community.
Alcoholic beverages; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa fe Railroad Company; Business enterprises; California; Canyons; Census; Clerks; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); College publications; Cree, Ira J.; Diamond mines and mining; Duvall, Oliver...
A various collection of newspaper articles and records on land valuations, average rainfall, and historical happenings in Claremont. Its records include neighboring city records in order for comparison. Also contains an article on California...
Boundary disputes; Camping; Canyons; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Judges; Public prosecutors; Trials; Water utilities
The reverse side of page 303, an article from Lordsburg comments on the settlement over the feud between Los Angeles County and San Antonio Water Company over the use of a road to San Antonio Canyon.
Architecture-Mutilation, defacement, etc.; Boundary disputes; Camping; Canyons; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Forest rangers; Judges; Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.); Public prosecutors; Scrapbook journaling; Trials; Water utilities
A series of articles recount the legal battle over the rights to a road leading to San Antonio Canyon. Articles present a list of accounts through newspaper clippings which detail arrests, filed suits, and destruction of private property.
Focused on the San Antonio Canyon, page contains images of homes, a toll booth, electric utilities, and water utilities. Also contains a history of Camp Baldy through photographs and a newspaper clipping.
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company; Canyons; Mountains; Ontario Land and Improvement Company; Roads Design and Construction; Southern Pacific Railroad Company; Topographic maps
Map includes Ontario and San Bernardino County with mountain ranges. Map published by Ontario Land and Improvement Company.
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company; Bichowsky, Emmo C.; Billheimer, John S.; Business enterprises; Camps; Canyons; Citrus fruit industry; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Electric railroads-Rails; Engineers; Gates, George Augustus;...
Entitled "coming of the Pacific Electric," collection of articles present the various aspects that went into the construction of a Pacific Railway line through Southern California. Includes responses by cities affected and the business deals formed...
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company; Botany; Camps; Canyons; Citrus fruit industry; Claremont Colleges; Climate; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); College teachers; Congregational churches; Dinosaurs; Droughts; Electric railroads;...
Page contains newspaper articles which cover a plethora of subjects in Claremont and Los Angeles. Also contains a booklet which describes the positive qualities of Indian Hill and Claremont.
Agriculture; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company; Census; Citrus fruit industry; Complaint letters; Congregational Church (Claremont, Calif.); Country clubs; Dates (Fruit); Lemon trade; Letters; Letterheads; Los Angeles County Fair (Los...
Entitled, "The Pirates of Pomona," page contains pages from Rand McNally and Company's guide as well as a letter of complaint from Frank Wheeler and its response from the company president.
Articles report damage inflicted by a large flood and tornados in Los Angeles County. Includes an article on rainfall records broken in the Big Santa Anita Canyon.
Carrion, Saturino; Citrus fruit industry; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Corporate treasurers; Dams; Electric railroads-Rails; Engineers; Executives; Foreign workers, Chinese; Forest rangers; Fruit growers; Geological Survey (U.S.); Hart,...
Page chronicles plans by the San Jose Mutual Irrigation Company to irrigate the San Gabriel Valley. Clippings detail the history of the project, construction plans, responses by affected cities, and the project's conclusion. Also contains the...
Mount Baldy (Calif.); Mountains; Snow; Photographs; Oranges; Orange industry; Orange growers; Trees; Buildings; Railroad stations; Water; Rocks; Canyons; College buildings; College stores; Railroad tracks; Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.);...
Images include photographs of Mount San Antonio, also known as Mount Baldy, with Claremont in the foreground, San Antonio Fruit Exchange packing house, and scenes in San Antonio Canyon.
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company; Basins (Geology); Canyons; Deserts; Forest reserves; Game reserves; Geological Survey (U.S.); Indian reservations; Johnson, Cassius C.; Land grants; Land grants-California; Land tenure; Letters;...
Materials laid on top of, but not affixed to, page 376 consist of Claremont block maps, correspondences with the Los Angeles County Assessor's Office, and maps of the San Gabriel Valley.
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company; Canyons; Forest reserves; Geological surveys; Land grants; Land grants-California; Maps; Mountains; Real property; Real property-California; Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Topography map of portion of the San Gabriel Valley shows cities, railroads, timberland reserves, and geological formations.
