Colton founded in 1874, is an incorporated city, the third in the county in point of population. It is at an elevation of some 900 feet, lying fifty-eight miles from Los Angeles, on the through line of the Southern Pacific Railway, by which line it was founded, being named after one of the deceased directors […]
In the fall of 1859 there took place in the town of San Bernardino a difficulty of local origin, that had somewhat the aspect of a civil war on a small scale. There were in the place two rival physicians, Dr. Ainsworth and Dr. Thomas Gentry. They met one day at a livery stable, and
Silver Wave Chapter, No. 75, 0. E. S. Meets second and fourth Tuesdays of each month in Masonic Temple. Mrs. Susan Clark, W. M.; T. J. Wilson, W. P. San Bernardino Council, No. 37, O. C. F. Meets first and third Wednesdays of each month in A. O. U. W. hall, on Third street, between
The newspapers of San Bernardino city are: the Times-Index, daily and weekly, edited by L. M. Holt, and the Courier, daily and weekly, edited by A. Kearney. The first named is issued in the afternoon, and the second in the morning. The following is a list of newspapers published in the county of San Bernardino:
The following is a list of the churches of San Bernardino: First Methodist Episcopal. Corner of Sixth and E streets. Value $30,000. Seating capacity 1,200. Services every Sabbath at 11 A. M. and 7 P. m. Sunday school at 9:30 A. M.: A. Fussel, Superintendent. Prayer meeting Wednesdays at 7:30 P. M. Rev. George W.
Chino Ranch is situated wholly in San Bernardino County, thirty-five miles easterly from Los Angeles city, and about twenty-five miles southwesterly from the city of San Bernardino. It adjoins Ontario and Pomona and is about fifteen miles from Riverside. Depots on the Southern Pacific and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroads are near it, and
The Bank of San Bernardino The custom of commerce has made the banks the recognized depositories of the coin and currency of the company, and hence their deposits indicate the working cash capital in the community where they are situated; the daily transactions over their counter are the truest index to the state of business
The members of the legal fraternity in San Bernardino having formally organized in a bar association on December 4, 1875, that organization was reconstructed October 31, 1887. This reorganization was little more than the adoption of a revised constitution. The first officers of the association were: Byron Waters, President; W. J. Curtis, Vice President; Henry