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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
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Don Decker announced he is seeking the Republican nomination for Assemblyman in the newly created 61st Assembly district. The new district includes Arcadia, Azusa, Bradbury, Duarte, Irwindale, Monrovia, San Gabriel, San Marino, Temple City and Sierra Madre.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 17, 1974
Pages
p. A-7
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 17, 1974
Pages
p. A-7
Subjects
California - Elections - 1974
Item ID
850AN
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San Gabriel Valley residents and medical authorities chastised the Los Angeles County Supervisors over the lack of hospital facilities and health care centers in the San Gabriel Valley even though the Valley has a large portion of the County's population.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 16, 1974
Pages
p. B-7
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 16, 1974
Pages
p. B-7
Subjects
Public Health
Item ID
2279AN
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A full description of recreational facilities in the San Gabriel Valley.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 6, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 6, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Recreation
Item ID
2299AN
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Newspaper Index
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Summary of laws affecting bicycles and riders in the San Gabriel Valley

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 17, 1975
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 17, 1975
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Bicycles and bicycling
Item ID
604AN
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Summary of the most recent population of San Gabriel Valley cities.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 20, 1977
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 20, 1977
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
San Gabriel Valley
Item ID
2357AN
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Secession of San Gabriel Valley from Los Angeles County.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 1, 1971 p. 1 (split studied)
August 15, 1971 p. 1 ( " )
September 1, 1971 p. 1 ( "" )
September 12, 1971 p. 1 ( " )
September 29, 1971 p. 1 ( " )
October 31, 1971 p. 1 (reprisal feared)
November 28, 1971 p. 1 (Arcadia in avor)
December 8, 1971 p. 1 (City OK's study)
December 12, 1971 p. 1 (support for new study)
February 9, 1972 p. 1 (new law regarding splits)
April 19 1972 p. 1 (legislation eases secession)
June 1, 1972 p. 1
Maryc 1, 1973 p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 1, 1971 p. 1 (split studied)
August 15, 1971 p. 1 ( " )
September 1, 1971 p. 1 ( "" )
September 12, 1971 p. 1 ( " )
September 29, 1971 p. 1 ( " )
October 31, 1971 p. 1 (reprisal feared)
November 28, 1971 p. 1 (Arcadia in avor)
December 8, 1971 p. 1 (City OK's study)
December 12, 1971 p. 1 (support for new study)
February 9, 1972 p. 1 (new law regarding splits)
April 19 1972 p. 1 (legislation eases secession)
June 1, 1972 p. 1
Maryc 1, 1973 p. 1
Subjects
San Gabriel Valley - Secession
Item ID
4172AN
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Two part series on mortuaries and funeral parlors in the San Gabriel Valley.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 20, 1974
June 23, 1974
Pages
p. D-8
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 20, 1974
June 23, 1974
Pages
p. D-8
Subjects
Business and Industry
Item ID
713AN
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Arcadia, along with several other communities in the San Gabriel Valley, face termination of animal control services now rendered by the San Gabriel Valley Humane Society. This agency will discontinue services as of June 30, 1978.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 9, 1978
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 9, 1978
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Animals
Item ID
384AN
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Opinions of councilmen of various local cities in the San Gabriel Valley as to the worth of the League.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 3, 1974
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 3, 1974
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
League of California Cities
Item ID
1917AN
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Newspaper Index
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Though there will be no federal funds available, it is still possible for Arcadia, Monrovia, El Monte and Sierra Madre to build a joint fire station and communications center.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 30, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 30, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Fire Department
Item ID
1578AN
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Water use in the San Gabriel Valley is down. Figures from area cities are given.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 24, 1977
Pages
p. A-3
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 24, 1977
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Water
Item ID
3447AN
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A plan for a joint fire dispatch center to serve the cities of Arcadia, Monrovia, El Monte and Sierra Madre was unanimously voted down by the Arcadia City Council.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 18, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 18, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Fire Department
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1579AN
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"Mame" will be presented as the biennial musical production May 1,2,3 and 4 at the San Gabriel Civic Auditorium.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 28, 1974
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 28, 1974
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Item ID
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The San Gabriel Valley Juvenile Diversion Program has been established to divert local youths from the criminal justice system to local counseling agencies. Arcadia is participating in this program along with Temple City, Alhambra, Monterey Park, Rosemead and San Gabriel.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 23, 1974
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 23, 1974
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Youth
San Gabriel Valley Juvenile Diversion Program
Item ID
3510AN
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Coyotes come down to the Arboretum, digging under the fence and roaming the grounds. They will go back to the mountains in the fall.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 1, 1974
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 1, 1974
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Animals
Item ID
379AN
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"George M." will be the biennial musical production this year. It will be presented May 19-23 at the San Gabriel Civic Auditorium.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 18, 1976
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 18, 1976
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Item ID
2960AN
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Secession took a new turn with the news that the San Fernando Valley is also considering splitting off from Los Angeles County. Background of the reasons and feelings behind these moves in both the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys is outlined.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 22, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 22, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
San Gabriel Valley - Secession
Item ID
2361AN
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Summary of Los Angeles County reform efforts that perhaps will make unnecessary the efforts of the San Fernando Valley, the San Gabriel Valley and other areas to secede from Los Angeles County.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 10, 1977
Pages
p. A-
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 10, 1977
Pages
p. A-
Subjects
San Gabriel Valley - Secession
Item ID
2370AN
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Arcadia is considering dropping its contract with the County Animal Control Division (pound) in favor of the San Gabriel Valley Humane Society.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 18, 1974
July 25, 1974
Pages
p. A-3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 18, 1974
July 25, 1974
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Animals
Item ID
378AN
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Newspaper Index
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