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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…

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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Item ID: 111AF

Collection: Subject Files

Historical information on Baldwin Lake, the four-acre body of water that adjoins the Queen Anne Cottage in the historical section of the Los Angeles County Arboretum, is presented. The history of lake extends from time of the Native Americans (they called their village Aleupkigna), to Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin's ranch in 1873, to the movies and television shows in which it has appeared. Baldwin Lake played host to movie stars Johnny Weismuller, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour. The lake has appeared in Safari, Roots, and Fantasy Island. See also VF "Arboretum" for hard copy of article.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 8, 2002

Pages: p. 8

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 8, 2002

Pages: p. 8

Subjects: Arcadia History - Rancho Santa Anita - 1875-1909; Baldwin Lake; Films; Lakes; Los Angeles County Arboretum; Motion Pictures; Ponds; Queen Anne Cottage; Water

Item ID: 30717AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The history of the peafowl from Indian and Java that live in Arcadia is presented. Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin imported three pairs from India in the 1880s. His daughter Anita Baldwin added some birds from Java. The peacock is official bird of Arcadia, is protected, and should not be fed. See also VF "Peacocks" for copy of article.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 8, 2002

Pages: p. 9

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 8, 2002

Pages: p. 9

Subjects: Arcadia History - Rancho Santa Anita - 1875-1909; Peacocks; Peafowl

Item ID: 30719AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Carol Libby and Scott Hettrick of the Arcadia Historical Society are both on the Baldwin Adobe Restoration Committee, which wants to restore the Hugo Reid Adobe on the grounds of the Los Angeles County Arboretum. They want to re-create the adobe as it was in its heyday, when Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin lived there from 1875 until he died in 1909.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: September 24, 2009

Pages: p. A1

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: September 24, 2009

Pages: p. A1

Subjects: Baldwin Adobe Restoration Committee; Hettrick, Scott; Historic preservation; Hugo Reid Adobe; Libby, Carol; Los Angeles County Arboretum

Item ID: 31922AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Writer Charles Cooper recounts the history of the Los Angeles County Arboretum, including previous landowners Hugo Reid and Elias J. ("Lucky") Baldwin.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: February 13, 2003

Pages: p. 16

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: February 13, 2003

Pages: p. 16

Subjects: Baldwin, Elias J. ("Lucky"); Los Angeles County Arboretum - history; Rancho Santa Anita - history; Reid, Hugo

Item ID: 31234AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Hugo Reid Adobe still stands in disrepair at the Los Angeles County Arboretum five years after preservation and restoration efforts should have started. At issue is whether it should be preserved as the Hugo Reid Adobe or reinterpreted as the Elias J. ("Lucky") Baldwin Adobe.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: October 11, 2006

Pages: p. B1

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: October 11, 2006

Pages: p. B1

Subjects: Getty Foundation; Historic Buildings; Hugo Reid Adobe; Landmarks; Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden; Preservation

Item ID: 30424AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Santa Anita Courthouse, located in Monrovia, which serves Monrovia, Arcadia, and Duarte, is being considered for shutdown by the Los Angeles Superior Court Executive Committee.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 19, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 19, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Santa Anita Courthouse

Item ID: 30763AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A profile of Anita Baldwin, the lady behind Anoakia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 25, 2000

Pages: p. 18

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 25, 2000

Pages: p. 18

Subjects: Anoakia; Baldwin, Anita

Item ID: 27713AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Anoakia developer cannot bulldoze the Anita Baldwin mansion without a demolition permit which will not be granted by the city until certain requirements are met.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 18, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 18, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Anoakia; Baldwin, Anita

Item ID: 27708AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

History-Rancho Santa Anita (1838-1947)

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Start Date: 1838

End Date: 1947

Contents: 1. Chain of title. Three copies given to Arcadia Public Library on the Rancho's fiftieth anniversary. 2. "Santa Anita Rancho history told in book." News clip, circa 1956. 3. "Our community." Article from Arcadia Savings and Loan brochure. 4. "Arcadia, City of Arcadia." San Gabriel Valley Adver…

Start Date: 1838

End Date: 1947

Contents: 1. Chain of title. Three copies given to Arcadia Public Library on the Rancho's fiftieth anniversary.; 2. "Santa Anita Rancho history told in book." News clip, circa 1956.; 3. "Our community." Article from Arcadia Savings and Loan brochure.; 4. "Arcadia, City of Arcadia." San Gabriel Valley Advertiser, February 26, 1969 by I. Hope.; 5. "Arcadia gets publicity." News clip, 1927 copied from Alton Green's scrapbook.; 6. "The Romance of Rancho Santa Anita." Booklet by Rancho Santa Anita, circa 1948. Eight copies.; 7. Lasca Leaves, October 1967. Three copies.; 8. "The Romance of the Ranchos." Booklet by Palmer Conner, Title Insurance and Trust Company, 1941. Six copies. Insert of 1919 map of Old Spanish and Mexican Ranchos of Los Angeles County.; 9. "Rancho Santa Anita ... trials of ownership." Lasca Leaves, December 1975. Two copies.; 10. "The people of Rancho Santa Anita, Part II." Lasca Leaves, July 1956.; 11. "From romance to racehorses." Westways, February 1974.; 12. "Ranch Santa Anita." Section of the book, Brief Sketches of the History of the Ranchos San Pascual, Santa Anita ...etc. by J.M. Miller.; 13. Lasca Leaves, December 1975.; 14. a. "Historic Santa Anita: the development of the land." Brochure by the Arboretum, circa 1976. 14b. Historic Santa Anita the Development of the Land, undated. 14c. Historic Santa Anita the Development of the Land, originally printed by California Arboretum Foundation 1976, Revised and reprinted by Los Voluntarios 2006.; 15. "Expedients." Four pages detailing Reid's claim. Copied from the collection of Huntington Library.; 16. "Santa Anita Ranch, Rancho Santa Anita." Articles from The Westerner's Brand Book, published by Los Angeles Corral, 1956.; 17. "The old and new Santa Anita." Westways, January 1948.; 18. "Chain of horticulture." Lasca Leaves, July 1951.; 19. "The restorations at Rancho Santa Anita." Lasca Leaves, January 1961.; 20. "Background to Rancho Santa Anita." By Florence Slocum, circa 1969.; 21. "People say." Arcadia Tribune, February - April, 1941. A series of eight articles commemorating Rancho Santa Anita's 100th birthday.; 22. "Rancho Santa Anita 'Place of Many Waters.'" Lasca Leaves, October 1967 by Susanna Bryant Dakin.; 23. Historic calendar of events of Ranch Santa Anita. Peacock Call, September/October 1978.; 24. Manuscript of Mrs. C.W. (Emma Elinor Hines) Young. From the Bancroft Library at the University of California at Berkeley, October 1978. Photocopy of handwritten manuscript and typed copy.; 25. "Owners and cattle brands of the Rancho Santa Anita." The Branding Iron, June 1979 by Jack McCaskill.; 26. "The Baldwin legacy." Lasca Leaves, June 1976 by Sandy Snider.; 27. "Santa Anita Rancho - history told in book." Pasadena Independent, January 11, 1953. Pasadena Star News, September 23, 1956.; 28. "Pasadena the Crown of the Valley: a souvenir." Pasadena Board of Trade, 1893-1894 by E. Norman Baker. From the historical collection of William F. Salisbury.; 29. "Rancho Santa Anita - 'Place of Many Waters'." Junior League Community News, October 1957 by Susanna Bryant Dakin.; 30. "Rancho Santa Anita's colorful past." News clip, undated.; 31. "Rancho Santa Anita, chuck full of early California memories; one of the Southland's most beautiful spots." Arcadia Tribune, December 6, 1937, page 1.; 32. "Historic ranchos' sale recalls pioneer days." Los Angeles Times, April 5, 1936, Part V, page 1.; 33. "Two famous holdings to be subdivided soon. Santa Anita and La Cienega Ranch acreage purchased for vast residential development." Los Angeles Times, April 5, 1936, Part V.; 34. Town Rambler by Marjorie Hesse: description of Rancho Santa Anita and the arrangement of the rooms at the old adobe house as told by Miss Lena McCulley and second cousin of E.J. "Lucky" Baldwin, Mrs. H. H. Cross. Arcadia Tribune, June 22, 1938. Copied from Rancho Santa Anita Scrapbook #1, April 1936-Jan. 1, 1939. Arcadia Historical Society.; 35. "The Romance of California Land Titles" by Stuart O'Melveny. Title Insurance and Trust Company, 1928. (Rancho Santa Anita mentioned on page 13.); 36. Rancho Santa Anita and the development of San Marino and Sierra Madre. From pages 91, 93, 94, 100 of the book Pasadena Area History by Manuel Pineda and E. Caswell Perry (1972).