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An overflow crowd turned out for the reopening of the Arcadia Historical Museum on Friday, July 19th.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 25, 1991
Pages
p. A-4 photos
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 25, 1991
Pages
p. A-4 photos
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Museum
Item ID
492AN
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Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sible, Mar. 23.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 27, 1997
Pages
p. 6
Announcement Type
Birth
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 27, 1997
Pages
p. 6
Announcement Type
Birth
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Sible, Judy Lou
Item ID
9905AN
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An all-day party was held on Friday, July 19 to celebrate the fifth birthday of the Arcadia Community Center.

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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
August 1, 1996
Pages
p. 7
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Sierra Madre News
Date
August 1, 1996
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Arcadia Community Center
Item ID
7196AN
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Methodist Hospital in Arcadia will begin the preconstruction phase for a five-story Patient Tower replacement on July 8.

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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
July 4, 1996
Pages
p. 8
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Sierra Madre News
Date
July 4, 1996
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Hospitals - Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Item ID
6076AN
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Arcadia Fire Department Chief Jerry Gardner has announced plans to retire on July 20 after 31 years with the department. Photo.

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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
July 11, 1996
Pages
p. 7
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Sierra Madre News
Date
July 11, 1996
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Gardner, Jerry R
Fire Department
Item ID
6407AN
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Arcadia High School senior Thang Ngo will be flying to Washington, D. C. to attend the National Young Leaders Conference July 28 - August 7, 1992.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 23, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 23, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Ngo, Thang
Item ID
103AN
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Newspaper Index
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The 1995 Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association Royal Court is profiled. The Queen is Laura Margaret Ursettie, 16. Princesses include: Corrie Beth Broge, 16; Sabrina Renee Fox, 17; Brooke Marie Hobbs, 16; Michelle Nicole Bridget Mouton, 18.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 24, 1994
Pages
p. H-1 photos
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 24, 1994
Pages
p. H-1 photos
Subjects
Tournament of Roses
Item ID
4347AN
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July 28, 1992 marks the launch of the Foothill Star-Tribune. It is a daily paper providing national news as well as local news of Arcadia, Duarte, Temple City and Monrovia.

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Newspaper
Star-Tribune
Date
July 28, 1992
Pages
p. 1
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Star-Tribune
Date
July 28, 1992
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Newspapers - Star Tribune
Item ID
105AN
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Birth.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 25, 1990
Pages
p. A3
Announcement Type
Birth
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 25, 1990
Pages
p. A3
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Hernandez, son (To Marina and Rafael Hernandez, June 2)
Stewart, son (To Victoria and Chris Stewart, June 8)
Lin, daughter (To Chun-Ying Chao and Charlie Lin, June 8)
Duran, daughter (To Onella and Ariel Duran, June 11)
Wang, daughter (To Lucille and Michael Wang, June 13)
Ethridge, son (To Virginia and James Ethridge, June 13)
Slater, son (To Carol Vickers and Donald Slater, June 18)
O'Brien, son (To Desiree and Michael O'Brien, June 25)
Turner, daughter (To Karen and Steven Turner, June 25)
Faram, son (To Dolores and Michael Faram, June 25)
Coates, daughter (To Mary and David Coates, June 26)
Jordan, son (To Nancy and David Jordan, June 27)
Serra, son (To Jodi and Stephen Serra, June 30)
Dickens, daughter (To Linda and Dennis Dickens, July 6)
Simons, son (To Alecia and Stephanus Simons, July 11)
Item ID
28917AN
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The Los Angeles State and County Arboretum plans to open its 3 acre rain forest exhibit in July featuring several hundred plant specimens from around the world.

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Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
October 19, 1992
Pages
p. 1
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Star Tribune
Date
October 19, 1992
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
141AN
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"A Nations of Nations," speech is given by Mayor Gary Kovacic on July 3 as part of the Arcadia Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints' patriotic concert. America's diversity is highlighted.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 9, 1998
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 9, 1998
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Mayors - Kovacic, Gary A.
Speeches
Item ID
26586AN
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Allison Hannegan, 16, was crowned as Queen of the Arcadia Tournament of Roses Float.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 14, 1993
Pages
p. A-3 photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 14, 1993
Pages
p. A-3 photo
Subjects
Tournament of Roses
Hannegan, Allison
Item ID
706AN
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Meditrust will be selling Santa Anita Park race track at a lower price than the $400 million purchase price about a year ago. Due to laws changing in July, tax advantages are no longer available.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 29, 1998
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 29, 1998
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 1991-2000
Meditrust
Item ID
26621AN
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The outdoor sporting goods store REI, built on the former site of Arcadia Lumber, will open on April 16.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 8, 1999
Pages
p. A2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 8, 1999
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Business & Industry - REI
Item ID
17445AN
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A plaque in honor of Officer Albert E. Matthies, the only Arcadia police officer killed in the line of duty, will be dedicated by the Police Department on July 9th. Attending will be Officer Matthies' two daughters, Minnie Matthies and Zora Kristufek.

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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
July 4, 1996
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
July 4, 1996
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Police
Matthies, Albert E.
Item ID
6079AN
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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
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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
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John Wuo, candidate for City Council, is profiled.

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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
January 29, 1998
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
January 29, 1998
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Wuo, John
Item ID
12465AN
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Arcadia will have a weekly newspaper again - the ARCADIA WEEKLY. The paper will be in the same building as the old ARCADIA TRIBUNE that closed its doors in July 1992. Publisher Von Raees accepts the first subscription from Mayor Barbara Kuhn.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 22, 1996
Pages
p. 1 (First issue - Volume 1, #1)
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 22, 1996
Pages
p. 1 (First issue - Volume 1, #1)
Subjects
Arcadia Weekly
Newspapers
Mayors - Kuhn, Barbara
Von Raees
Item ID
25932AN
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Robert Fielding, 16, a junior at Loyola High School in Los Angeles, won at least $5000 on the TV show Jeopardy!

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 17, 1991
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p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 17, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Fielding, Robert
Item ID
1559AN
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Five candidates are running for three Arcadia School Board seats: Maryann Gibson; Mike Lamb; Min Mey Chang; John Wuo; and John McLain. They are profiled.

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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
March 23, 1995
Pages
p. 13, 14
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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
March 23, 1995
Pages
p. 13, 14
Subjects
School Board
Item ID
4386AN
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Newspaper Index
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