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History-Rancho Santa Anita (1875-1909)-Elias J. Baldwin

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Start Date
1875
End Date
1909
Contents
1. " 'Lucky' Baldwin's retreat." Article by Susanna B. Dakin. 2. Article from Touring Topics, March 1929, page 41. 3. "One of many entrances to 'Lucky' Baldwin's ranch." Page from a Los Angeles Racing Association program, 1907. 4. "First street entrance to Fairyland Park, Baldwin's ranch." Page…
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Start Date
1875
End Date
1909
Contents
1. " 'Lucky' Baldwin's retreat." Article by Susanna B. Dakin.
2. Article from Touring Topics, March 1929, page 41.
3. "One of many entrances to 'Lucky' Baldwin's ranch." Page from a Los Angeles Racing Association program, 1907.
4. "First street entrance to Fairyland Park, Baldwin's ranch." Page from a Los Angeles Racing Association program, 1907.
5. "Large oak tree, Hotel Oakwood, Baldwin's ranch." Page from a Los Angeles Racing Association program, 1907.
6. "Rancho Santa Anita."Lasca Leaves, March 1976, by Sandy Snider.
7. "Pastoral - it's scenes like this that gave Arcadia its name." News photo mounted on gray paper, circa 1950.
8. "This is Santa Anita." Arcadia Tribune, March 23, 1950. News photo of Baldwin store.
9. "Baldwin's boat house." Arcadia Tribune, August 11, 1960. News photo of boat house.
10. "List of ranches and acreage planted to various crops." Century Magazine, October 1883, Volume XXVI, Number 6. Compiled 1978.
11. "Last remnant of the Rancho." Thoroughbred, November 1965 by Dick Nash. Six pages.
12. "Days of yore - progress is wonderful, but ..." Arcadia Tribune, March 24, 1949. News photo of Baldwin cattle pastures.
13. " 'Beast' Baldwin and his two great loves." Sports Illustrated, February 19, 1962 by Dolly Connelly.
14. "1894 photo of the bell tower of Mission San Gabriel." Article confirming bell from Mission was at ranch.
15. "History of Santa Anita." Westways, October 1955 by M. Richard Marx.
16. "Life at Guenoc (breeding farm owned by Lily Langtree). Westways, August 1957 by Idwal Jones.
17. "Mission-period Rancho." Arcadia Tribune, April 2, 1978.
18. "About 1876 or 1877, Baldwin hired a distant relative, Julius A. Kelly." Los Angeles Herald Tribune, December 30, 1960. Typed notes.
19. "Rancho was lucky for Baldwin." Arcadia Tribune, April 6, 1978.
20. The Peacock Call, September/October 1978. Rancho area residents' newsletter with article and map on Ranch. Also: a chronology on Rancho by Joe Buck.
21. "Life and death." Golden West, January 1966, pages 20-21+. Regarding Workman and Temple tragedy.
22. Ad in Sierra Madre Vista for Baldwin store. March 16, 1889.
23. February 1889 notice in Sierra Madre Vista telling of corn sale by Baldwin.
24. Story of Blas Cuellar recalls days of Baldwin Reign; 40 descendants still live in Arcadia. Arcadia Tribune, March 24, 1949. Cuellar had come from Mexico.
25. Letter relating to observation of the Ranch in 1883. Article in Western States Jewish Historical Quarterly, March 1979.
26. "Baldwin large operator - acquired much land in Los Angeles County." Chapter 3 from the book _California Memories_ by Jackson A. Graves, published by Times Mirror Press, 1930. Copied at Huntington Library, 1979.
27. "Lucky Baldwin's energy turning to the swamp lands of his great ranch." Valley Vista, March 31, 1900. Regarding lands in El Monte and Savanna areas.
28. "Mr. E.J. Baldwin was presented with four Java oyster shells by a captain of a vessel from China." San Gabriel Valley News, March 28, 1878.
29. "The Los Angeles Herald recently contained the following about E.J. Baldwin's Santa Anita Ranch: a long account of the ranch and its developing." Sierra Madre Vista, February 5, 1891.
30. Boat house construction." Sierra Madre Vista, May 28, 1891.
31. "Baldwin money for road up Mount Wilson." Sierra Madre Vista, May 3, 1889.
32. "Brick manufacture at Santa Anita." Sierra Madre Vista, April 14, 1888.
33. "Banana trees." Sierra Madre Vista, May 31, 1889.
34. List of numbers of fruit trees, grape vines, and head of livestock. Sierra Madre Vista, January 15, 1891.
35. "Acreage being sold for small ranches." Sierra Madre Vista, November 20, 1890.
36. "Estimated worth of ranch, 1891. Sierra Madre Vista, August 13, 1891.
37. Description of ranch from newspaper. Sierra Madre Vista, January 8, 1890.
38. "E.J. Baldwin's Santa Anita ranch is undoubtedly the most beautiful." Los Angeles Daily Herald, March 30, 1887. Copied from the Los Angeles Public Library by Sandy Snider of the Los Angeles County Arboretum.
39. "Water." San Gabriel Valley News, February 28, 1878. Regarding Baldwin building flumes to carry water from Big Santa Anita Canyon.
40. "The Santa Anita Ranch." Two pages from California of the South, by Walter Lindley, publisher, 1888.
41. "The Builders. VI Where Ranch and City Meet." Outing, October 1906 by Ralph D. Paine.
42. "In 1880, 'Lucky' Baldwin orange grove of 75 acres at Sierra Madre was planted to navels." Historical Society of Southern California Bulletin, December 1943, page 152.
43. "A large number of fine varieties of plants received for Mr. Baldwin." San Gabriel Valley News, February 28, 1878. From the Huntington Library.
44. Map showing irrigated lands, canals, pipe lines and pumping plants in the Pasadena Quadrangle, 1907. Original owned by Mrs. Robert Pitzer.
45. Letter from H. Unruh to Richard Garvey on E.J. Baldwin office letterhead featuring Bird's Eye Map. Original owned by Jack Donnelly. Obtained March 3, 1981.
46. "Notice of claim to water." Legal notice filed by E.J. Baldwin on August 23, 1883 in Court in Los Angeles. Regarding his right to water from Santa Anita Canyon. Original at County Hall of Records.
47. "Santa Anita Store." Ad in Sierra Madre Vista, circa late 1880's.
48. The Land of Sunshine: a magazine of California and the Southwest, February 1898, edited by Chas. F. Lummis. Photos and mentions of Arcadia on marked pages.
49. "Typical views of California." Los Angeles Times. Large photographic prints. (NOTE: OVERSIZE! See bottom drawer of photo file cabinet with oversize photos.)
50. "Childhood visit to Baldwin home recalled by former Los Angeles mayor." Arcadia Tribune, April 23, 1956, page 1. Article and photo.
51. "Rancho Santa Anita once vast Baldwin empire of more than 54,000 acres." News clip, circa April 1948.
52. "Lucky Baldwin's Rancho Santa Anita." by Percy L. Bonebrake. From the Westerners Brand Book, Los Angeles Corral. Book six, Los Angeles Westerners, 1956, page 83-85.
53. "Elias Jackson 'Lucky' Baldwin and his Santa Anita Ranch." by Carey S. Bliss. From the Westerners Brand Book, Los Angeles Corral. Book six, Los Angeles Westerners, 1956, page 79-82.
54. "20 cents an acre! - The Santa Anita Rancho story." The Realty Scene, Pasadena (Ca.) Independent, January 11, 1953 by Independent Real Estate Editor, Jack Cressman.
55. Ad in the Monrovia Planet, January 15, 1887, page 2. For the sale of 5-20 acre lots (out of 2,000 for sale) by E.J. Baldwin.
56. Arcadia Notes in the Monrovia Planet, May 21, 1887, page 2. Regarding buildings and road work, etc. for Arcadia at that time.
57. Article in the Monrovia Planet, March 15, 1887, page 3. Regarding the sale of two lots by E.J. Baldwin to the two Studebaker brothers.
58. Articles regarding the orange trees E.J. Baldwin will set out. Monrovia Messenger, March 27, 1890 and November 13, 1890.
59. Article regarding the placing of several thousand acres of land on the Santa Anita Ranch by E.J. Baldwin. Monrovia Messenger, January 8, 1891.
60. Lucky Baldwin's Ranch: a Southern California paradise of sixteen thousand acres. (Description of the ranch). The Daily Constitution, March 22, 1877.
61. It was too much. (Description of the ranch). Chicago Daily Tribune, May 25, 1877.
62. Lucky Baldwin's Ranch. Chicago Daily Tribune, June 17, 1879. Description of the acreage, trees, fruits, etc.
63. Lucky Baldwin's 'Arcadia': establishes sporting city on Santa Anita Ranch in defiance of strenuous opposition. New York Times, June 23, 1903. Arcadia is incorporated, and it promises to be the "sportiest" place in the country, despite opposition from the State Anti-Saloon League. The town is located on Baldwin's ranch of 18,000 acres.
64. "A Corner in Arcady," a chapter copied from History of Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley California, Vol. 1 (1930) by Harold Carew.
Subjects
History-Rancho Santa Anita (1875-1909)-Elias J. Baldwin
Physical Description
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Item ID
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Collection
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"The Oaks" in the days of Lucky Baldwin

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 23, 1950
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 23, 1950
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita - 1875 - 1909
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"
Item ID
3950AN
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Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin's Maltese Cross has been dedicated as a memorial. It rests on the graves of his four American Derby winning horses.

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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
January 11, 1950
Pages
p. 1 (See basement box 112.)
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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
January 11, 1950
Pages
p. 1 (See basement box 112.)
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias Jackson "Lucky"
Horses and horse racing
Item ID
33209AN
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Newspaper Index
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Four part biographical series.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 20, 1976, p. 1; May 23, 1976, p. 1; May 27, 1976, p. 1; June 3, 1976, p. 1.
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 20, 1976, p. 1; May 23, 1976, p. 1; May 27, 1976, p. 1; June 3, 1976, p. 1.
Subjects
Baldwin, Anita
Item ID
589AN
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Newspaper Index
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Nine candidates run for three positions on the Arcadia City Council. They each answer: 'If elected, I will...'

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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
March 22, 1950
Pages
p. 4 (See basement box 112.)
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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
March 22, 1950
Pages
p. 4 (See basement box 112.)
Subjects
Benedict, Frank E.
City Council elections
Durborrow, Bertha
Frank, John
Haidinger, Vincent or Haindinger, Vincent
Kennett, Raymond M.
Nottinghan, Mark C.
Russell, C. Loree
Schmocker, John A.
Schulze, R. W.
Item ID
33194AN
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Three part series on personnel at the Santa Anita Park race track.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 7, 1976
October 14, 1976
October 21, 1976
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 7, 1976
October 14, 1976
October 21, 1976
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - Oak Tree Racing Association
Item ID
2407AN
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Three members of Arcadia's 9 man Paramedic Team have resigned. The reason given was the lack of compatibility with Chief Mahoney and the City Manager.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 15, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 15, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Fire Department
Item ID
1573AN
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Newspaper Index
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The upcoming marriage of Phillip Walter Kelly, of Arcadia, and Levonne Virgene Kisner, of Fullerton will be broadcast on the program "Bride and Groom" on February 23.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 16, 1950
Pages
p. 5
Announcement Type
Marriage
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 16, 1950
Pages
p. 5
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Kisner, Levonne Virgene
Kelly, Phillip Walter
Item ID
9799AN
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If everything goes as planned, Engineering-Science, now with offices in Arcadia's Towne Center, will build a two or three story building on the site of the old Cinemaland theater.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 11, 1977
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 11, 1977
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Buildings
Item ID
691AN
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The California Horse Racing Board has killed a plan by the California Museum of Science and Industry to extend the fall racing two weeks at Santa Anita Park.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 29, 1979
Pages
p. A-3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 29, 1979
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Horse racing
Item ID
1748AN
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Honorary service awards were given by the PTA Council to Ray Rogers, VP and General Manager of Santa Anita Park race track; Jeanne Saunders, currently serving on the Library Board; and Dr. Edward Ryan, Superintendent of Schools. Biographic sketches of each included.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 9, 1978
Pages
p. C-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 9, 1978
Pages
p. C-1
Subjects
Parent Teachers Association
Item ID
2113AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Police Department has received a grant of $142,286 to set up a trial traffic safety program. It is enough to purchase one extra car and pay the salaries of three policemen who have indicated an interest. The goal is to reduce personal injury and fatal traffic collisions by 3% each year.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 18, 1977
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 18, 1977
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Police
Item ID
2190AN
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The first Santa Anita National Horse Show was held at the track May 26-30. It is hoped that this will become an annual event.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 26, 1977
Pages
p. B-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 26, 1977
Pages
p. B-1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 1945-1980
Item ID
2388AN
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Photos and captions. Children celebrate Easter traditions at Arcadia Recreation Department Egg Hunt and Crazy Hat Parade, Kathy Kredel Nursey School at Arcadia Methodist Hospital and various other locations. Assisteen Auxiliary of the Assistance League of Arcadia decorate eggs for the Foundation for the Junior Blind in Los Angeles. See hard copy of newspaper in Box 51.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 26 , 1978
Pages
p. A6
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 26 , 1978
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Anderson, Pam
Easter
Erikson, Kristin
Holidays
Hall, Steven
Johnson, Neal (Easter Bunny)
Laing, Kim
Raidy, Linda
Saunders, Susie
Turk, Jason
Turner, Pierce
Item ID
34139AN
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Salary suit

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 29, 1971 p. 1
February 13, 1971 p. 1
May 11, 1972 p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 29, 1971 p. 1
February 13, 1971 p. 1
May 11, 1972 p. 1
Subjects
Fire Department
Item ID
3918AN
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Newspaper Index
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Suit against valley cities.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 30, 1959 p. 1
August 13, 1959 p. 1
September 26, 1960 p. 1
April 17, 1961 p. 5
June 26, 1961 p. 1
September 28, 1961 p. 1 (settlement started)
July 30, 1964 p. 1 (settlement near)
September 13, 1964 p. 1 (settlement opposed)
September 17, 1964 p. 1 ( " )
February 14, 1965 p. 1 (settled)
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 30, 1959 p. 1
August 13, 1959 p. 1
September 26, 1960 p. 1
April 17, 1961 p. 5
June 26, 1961 p. 1
September 28, 1961 p. 1 (settlement started)
July 30, 1964 p. 1 (settlement near)
September 13, 1964 p. 1 (settlement opposed)
September 17, 1964 p. 1 ( " )
February 14, 1965 p. 1 (settled)
Subjects
Water
Item ID
4323AN
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A U.S. government depository is now being readied for Arcadians. A representative collection appropriate for this community will be selected out of the approximately 22,000 items available.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 14, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 14, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library - Federal Depository Library
Item ID
1938AN
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Herb Fletcher asked the Arcadia City Council to file a class action suit against the county on behalf of city property owners. City Attorney Liberto gave an opinion that there is no legal authority for the city to bring such a suit.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 11, 1978
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 11, 1978
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Taxation
Item ID
3324AN
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The need for more volunteer aides is cited by District Librarian Mrs. Julie Dresdner. In the last three years, beginning at Camino Grove, library-media centers have been developed and are in operation at all nine elementary schools.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 14, 1974
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 14, 1974
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools
Item ID
2589AN
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Newspaper Index
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Photo and caption. Kirk Brayshaw in the Queen Anne Cottage at the Los Angeles County Arboretum, with his friend "Snoopy" and story book "Night Before Christmas."

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 26, 1974
Pages
p. C1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 26, 1974
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
Brayshaw, Kirk
Queen Anne Cottage
Item ID
32747AN
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