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Responding to a proposal by L. A. County, the Arcadia City Council has agreed to discuss receiving title to the Rose Garden area of the Arcadia County Park for the city's Arcadia Historical Museum at the corner of Huntington Dr. and Holly Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1711
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 21, 1985
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 21, 1985
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Historical Society
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1710AN
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L.A. County plans to contract out both the maintenance and operation of area parks to private companies. Many fear such a move will result in charging tennis players to use the city's 12 tennis courts.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
Paril 7, 1985
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
Paril 7, 1985
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p. A-1
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Parks
Item ID
2136AN
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In 1939 the Pacific Rose Society in conjunction with Los Angeles County planted a rose garden in the county park. In 1961 a new rose area was started.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 19, 1974
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 19, 1974
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p. A-1
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Parks
Item ID
2117AN
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The newest park in the Arcadia area is the Peck Road Water Conservation Park at Live Oak and Peck Road. There will be fishing in the spreading basin of the Los Angeles County Flood Control District. This is a Los Angeles County Regional Park. Supervisor Peter Schabarum was on hand for the opening on June 23, 1975.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2143
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 26, 1975
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 26, 1975
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p. A-1
Subjects
Parks
Item ID
2124AN
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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted on September 16 NOT to charge a $.25 admission fee at the Arboretum.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper444
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 18, 1975
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 18, 1975
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p. 1
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Arboretum
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444AN
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The Arcadia City Council had voted to call the new mini-park on Fairview Avenue the Fairview Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2152
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 6, 1980
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 6, 1980
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p. A-1
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Parks
Item ID
2133AN
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More than 400 rosebushes from the Arcadia Rose Garden were moved to the Arcadia High School campus. The city is planning to build a senior citizen center on the rose garden's former site.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2158
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 26, 1989
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 26, 1989
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p. A-1 photo
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Parks
Item ID
2138AN
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The Arcadia Historical Society's museum will remain in the Rose Garden despite a previous plan to move it to the rear of the Arcadia Public Library.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 22, 1988
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 22, 1988
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Historical Society
Item ID
1714AN
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Polo grounds and equestrian facilities, though listed on a lease agreement with L.A. County, are not included in plans for a proposed tennis club in a county debris basin above Arcadia and Monrovia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2348
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 26, 1986
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 26, 1986
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p. A-1
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Recreation
Item ID
2306AN
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County supervisors called a halt to a plan to merge the Department of Arboreta and Botanic Gardens with the county Museum of Natural History because the county's Economy and Efficiency Commission has not made sufficient progress on it and because the board needs to replace recently retired arboreta department head Francis Ching.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 1, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 1, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arboretum
Item ID
462AN
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The possibility of a fee for admission to both the Arboretum and Descanso Gardens is being considered by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. At a hearing, Hal Roach, a member of the Board of Governors expressed the hope that the Supervisors would not resort to charging a fee. The fee would NOT be used to keep up the Arboretum, but would go into the County General Fund.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 28, 1975
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 28, 1975
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p. 1
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Arboretum
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442AN
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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has passed an ordinance lifting a 25-year-old ban on the sale of alcoholic beverages at County botanical gardens, including the Arboretum in Arcadia.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 4, 1980
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p. A-3
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 4, 1980
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p. A-3
Subjects
Alcohol - Law and Legislation
Item ID
343AN
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The new Senior Citizen Center, now in the architectural drawing stage of development will replace the Rose Garden at the corner of Huntington and Campus Drives. The center will house the administration offices of the Arcadia Parks and Recreation Department and the Historical Museum.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 18, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 18, 1989
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p. A-1
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Senior Citizens Center
Item ID
3168AN
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Mayor Floretta Lauber and other City Council members will go before the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to ask them to cut the County tax rate.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 26, 1976
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 26, 1976
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p. A-1
Subjects
Taxation
Item ID
3315AN
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General information regarding Arcadia County Park

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4223
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 24, 1936 p. 1 (appropriation)
January 27, 1936 p. 1 (ground breaking)
January 25, 1937 p. 1 (building of golf course)
May 14, 1937 p. 1 (dedication of county park)
August 10, 1939 Section II, p. 2 (name changed from Santa Anita Regional Recreational Park)
April 17, 1941 p. 1 ("The Hiker" statue dedicated)
April 21, 1941 p. 1 ("The Hiker" statue unveiled)
February 13, 1942 p. 8
May 20, 1950 p. 1 (golf clubhouse addition)
December 27, 1956 p. 1
March 18, 1957 p. 1 (suit regarding strip between E. Huntington Drive and the park)
October 14, 1957 p. 1 (Par-3 Golf Course)
October 17, 1957 p. 1 (Par-3 Golf Course)
March 27, 1958 p. 1 (P.E. right of way)
April 20, 1959 p. 1 (Little League Ball Park)
June 22, 1959 p. 1 (redevelopment)
August 31, 1959 p. 1 (Senior Citizen's Center
September 16, 1962 p. 1 (named for J. Hoeppel)
September 16, 1962 p. 3 (fountain)
May 16, 1963 p. 1 (World War II use)
March 10, 1966 p. 1 (major improvements)
October 29, 1972 p. 1 (new golf clubhouse denied)
January 18, 1973 p. 1 (Federal funds sought for project)
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 24, 1936 p. 1 (appropriation)
January 27, 1936 p. 1 (ground breaking)
January 25, 1937 p. 1 (building of golf course)
May 14, 1937 p. 1 (dedication of county park)
August 10, 1939 Section II, p. 2 (name changed from Santa Anita Regional Recreational Park)
April 17, 1941 p. 1 ("The Hiker" statue dedicated)
April 21, 1941 p. 1 ("The Hiker" statue unveiled)
February 13, 1942 p. 8
May 20, 1950 p. 1 (golf clubhouse addition)
December 27, 1956 p. 1
March 18, 1957 p. 1 (suit regarding strip between E. Huntington Drive and the park)
October 14, 1957 p. 1 (Par-3 Golf Course)
October 17, 1957 p. 1 (Par-3 Golf Course)
March 27, 1958 p. 1 (P.E. right of way)
April 20, 1959 p. 1 (Little League Ball Park)
June 22, 1959 p. 1 (redevelopment)
August 31, 1959 p. 1 (Senior Citizen's Center
September 16, 1962 p. 1 (named for J. Hoeppel)
September 16, 1962 p. 3 (fountain)
May 16, 1963 p. 1 (World War II use)
March 10, 1966 p. 1 (major improvements)
October 29, 1972 p. 1 (new golf clubhouse denied)
January 18, 1973 p. 1 (Federal funds sought for project)
Subjects
Parks - Arcadia County Park
Item ID
4099AN
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An anonymous donor apparently has withdrawn $225,000 in support of county botanical programs because of concerns about a proposed merger between the L.A. County Natural History Museum and the county Dept. of Arboreta and Botanic Gardens.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 25, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 25, 1990
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p. A-1
Subjects
Arboretum
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461AN
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An option-to-lease agreement between the L.A. County Flood Control District and Ralph and Dennis Alfieri indicates that a polo field and equestrian facilities are included in plans for a proposed athletic facility in the county debris basin at the north Arcadia/Monrovia border.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 9, 1986
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 9, 1986
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p. A-1
Subjects
Recreation
Item ID
2305AN
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The Arcadia chapter of the American Red Cross is looking for a site for a new building. One possibility is on county property, adjacent to the rose garden at Arcadia County Park.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 25, 1979
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 25, 1979
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p. A-1
Subjects
American Red Cross
Item ID
349AN
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97 new trees have been planted at Arcadia County Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2157
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 14, 1986
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 14, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Parks - Arcadia County Park
Item ID
2139AN
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General items regarding Arcadia County Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4307
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 12, 1938 p. 1 (Bowling Green Club)
April 23, 1938 p. 1 (Golf course)
August 10, 1938 p. 1 (Golf course opens)
May 10, 1938 p. 1 (County park named)
May 24, 1938 p. 1 (board merger)
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Arcadia Tribune
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February 12, 1938 p. 1 (Bowling Green Club)
April 23, 1938 p. 1 (Golf course)
August 10, 1938 p. 1 (Golf course opens)
May 10, 1938 p. 1 (County park named)
May 24, 1938 p. 1 (board merger)
Subjects
Parks - Santa Anita Recreational Center (Arcadia County Park)
Item ID
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