San Bernardino County

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Early in 1851 a party of Utes from Salt Lake made a raid into the southern country, and stole a number of horses, including 130 which were the property of one of the Lugos, owners of the San Bernardino Rancho. The Indians were pursued by some twenty Californians, and one of this party was killed

Ultimately the mission of San Bernardino was established at the place now called “Old San Bernardino,” or Cottonwood Row,” as a branch of the mission of San Gabriel. The place selected for the necessary buildings was in the southern portion of the valley, on the last of the slopes by which the foothills descend to

Water is taken from the San Antonio Creek, draining one of the largest mountain districts in Southern California. Ontario has half the surplus flow, owning exclusively a tunnel 2,000 feet long that taps the subterranean flow. The water is conveyed in iron pressure pipes to the town, and in cement pipes to the acreage property.

The following is a list of the Fraternal Organizations of Riverside: F. & A. M., Evergreen Lodge. No. 259 R. A. M. Riverside Chapter, No. 67 K. T. Riverside Commandery, No. 28 K. P. Sunnyside Lodge, No. 112. U. R. K. P. I. O. O. F., Riverside Lodge, No. 282. I. O. O. F., Star

In the Holcomb valley, some thirty miles from San Bernardino, are found gold and silver in considerable quantities, and also valuable lead mines. In Lytle creek canon, thirteen miles northwest of San Bernardino, gold in considerable quantities has been mined for some years past, and later workings, with improved facilities, give promise of good results.

Few towns of its size have so many denominations represented, as has Riverside. There are thirteen different organizations, and ten church edifices. The first church here was the Congregational, which was organized in 1872. The first church built for its use, on the corner of Vine and Sixth streets, was sold to the Disciples of

In March 1864, Mr. Binkley and myself, with two packhorses, started for the Arizona gold mines, crossing the Colorado Desert and reaching the river, a distance of some 200 miles, in nine days. Hearing of the Indian outbreak in the territory, we decided it best to remain at Bradshaw’s Ferry, near La Paz, for a

At this period the cultivation of citrus fruits, which has since become the leading industry of the county, was practically unassayed. In all the county the only orange trees were a few-not to exceed two or three dozen-at Old San Bernardino, and three or four on Judge Boren’s place at San Bernardino proper. The general

To realize the enterprising and confident character of the people who undertook this work and to estimate properly the great results which through their efforts have been achieved in an astonishingly brief period, it is necessary to review briefly the difficulties with which they contended. The lands they selected lay not along the low flats