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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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Arcadia resident Rosemary Harry makes bonnets and blankets for the infants born at Methodist Hospital.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 8, 2003
Pages
p. D6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 8, 2003
Pages
p. D6
Subjects
Methodist Hospital
Harry, Rosemary
Item ID
26156AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School quarterback J. D. Ziska was selected to play in the National Hall of Fame Game.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 12, 2001
Pages
p. B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 12, 2001
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Ziska, J. D
Arcadia High School students
Item ID
21681AN
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A profile of lawyer Mark J. Geragos, who will be trying the case of ophthalmologist Dr. Badurding Rajabali "Bud" Kurwa.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 19, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 19, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Kurwa, Dr. Badurdin Rajabali ("Bud")
Sexual battery
Geragos, Mark J.
Item ID
26071AN
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Newspaper Index
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Alan J. Fisher, M.D., has been elected as the 2007 chief of staff at Methodist Hospital of Southern California.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 23, 2006
Pages
p. Local 2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 23, 2006
Pages
p. Local 2
Subjects
Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Fisher, Alan J., M.D.
Item ID
30518AN
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Newspaper Index
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Interesting facts about Elias J. ("Lucky") Baldwin appear in the book "Picturing Los Angeles" by Jon and Nancy Wilkman.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 3, 2006
Pages
p. U-27
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 3, 2006
Pages
p. U-27
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"
Los Angeles - History
Wilkman, Jon
Wilkman, Nancy
Item ID
30483AN
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Newspaper Index
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A community picnic was held in honor of Arcadia's founder Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin. Maddie Haynes and Leslie Heiburg are in the photo.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 24, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 24, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky" - biography
Haynes, Maddie
Heiburg, Leslie
Lucky Baldwin Day Community Picnic
Item ID
30841AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Methodist Hospital recognized by a J. D. Power and Associates and Health Grades, Inc. award for service and clinical excellence.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 25, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 19
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 25, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 19
Subjects
Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Awards
Item ID
32925AN
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A green-colored golden retriever puppy named Wasabi was born to Goldie, owned by Peter Tseng of Alhambra. Greg Hardy, the veterinarian at Best Friends Pet Hospital in Arcadia, said when puppies are born, sometimes there is a green discharge that could stain their fur, but will usually wash off. Wasabi's case is unusual.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 24, 2005
Pages
p. U20
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 24, 2005
Pages
p. U20
Subjects
Hardy, Greg
Puppies
Golden retrievers
Tseng, Peter
Item ID
29975AN
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David J. Roberts is the new principal at Baldwin Stocker Elementary School, succeeding John Pisula. The article provides biographical information.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 15, 2003
Pages
p. 24
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 15, 2003
Pages
p. 24
Subjects
Educators
Roberts, David J. - biography
Principals
Schools-Baldwin Stocker Elementary
Item ID
31655AN
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Newspaper Index
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A profile of Arcadia mom Margarethe Else Dietrich, born 100 years ago on July 27, 1900. She joins the ranks of centenarians.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 27, 2000
Pages
p. 16
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 27, 2000
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
Dietrich, Margarethe Else ("Gretel")
Item ID
27880AN
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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
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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
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Mirai Nagasu, an ice skater who was born in Montebello and raised in Arcadia, shown in photo, is training and competing hard to become an international skating champion.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 21, 2009
Pages
p. C3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 21, 2009
Pages
p. C3
Subjects
Ice skaters
Nagasu, Mirai
Sports
Item ID
32023AN
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Newspaper Index
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Incumbents Yvonne Bullock, David Hall, Melinda Taylor, and a challenger John J. Nicoloro were announced winners of the Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte- Town Council election.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 30, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 30, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Elections - Town Council
Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte Town Council
Bullock, Yvonne
Hall, David
Nicoloro, John J
Taylor, Melinda
Item ID
26868AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School Principal Martin J. Plourde has been nominated for a 2000 - 2001 Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County BRAVO award.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 22, 2001
Pages
p. A4 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 22, 2001
Pages
p. A4 w/photo
Subjects
Landes, Tom
Plourde, Martin
Arcadia High School
Item ID
20377AN
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Two boys and two girls were born to Feda and Samer Shalabi on Friday, October 4, at the Arcadia Methodist Hospital. The quadruplets were conceived through invitro fertilization.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 8, 2002
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 8, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Births
Shalabi, Feda and Samer
Quadruplets
Item ID
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The newly renovated auditorium at Methodist Hospital has been named for Samuel J. Vance, a former patient there. This was made possible by the Berger Foundation. The article includes the names of family members.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 22 - 28, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 22 - 28, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Methodist Hospital - Auditorium
Vance, Samuel J.
H. N. and Frances Berger Foundation
Memorials
Item ID
29251AN
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Newspaper Index
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Rick J. Caruso, founder and CEO of Caruso Affiliated, who is seeking to build The Shops at Santa Anita in Arcadia, has been named to the University of Southern California Board of Trustees.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30447
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 10, 2007
Pages
p. Local 2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 10, 2007
Pages
p. Local 2
Subjects
Caruso, Affiliated
Caruso, Rick J.
University of Southern California - Board of Trustees
Item ID
30633AN
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Democratic State Controller Steve Westly will formally announce today he is running for governor in 2006. The kickoff event is being held in a friend's house in Arcadia, the city where he was born.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29563
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 18, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 18, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Westly, Steve
Gubernatorial elections - 2006
Item ID
29747AN
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Michael Lieber of Arcadia has been awarded the 2005 MERIT Award, a total of $3.25 million, to fund his cancer research involving "human V(D)J recombinase in neoplastic and primary cells."

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 22, 2005
Pages
p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 22, 2005
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Awards-honors-recognitions
Grants
Lieber, Michael
Medical research
MERIT Award
National Cancer Institute
Professors
Scientists
Item ID
29781AN
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