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A photograph only shows a 2.5-ton bronze statue of Andres Avelino Duarte, located at 1600 Huntington Drive in the city of Duarte. Duarte was the Spanish rancher and soldier that owned the 7,000 acres of land that are now the cities of Duarte, Bradbury, Monrovia, Arcadia, Azusa, Baldwin Park, and Irwindale. He called the area Rancho Azusa de Duarte.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30457
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 1, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 1, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Duarte, Andres Avelino (1805-1863)
San Gabriel Valley - history
Statuary
Statues
Item ID
30644AN
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Henry Nunez, owner and president of Henry Nunez Real Estate Co., Inc. in Arcadia, has been elected chair of the Arcadia Association of Realtors.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 6, 2003
Pages
p. 5
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 6, 2003
Pages
p. 5
Subjects
Nunez, Henry
Realtors
Item ID
31031AN
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Newspaper Index
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The death of retired Pasadena police lieutenant David Henry Richter, 55, of Arcadia, was thought to be a suicide. But now detectives are investigating it as a possible homicide.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 19, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 19, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Deaths
Homicides
Richter, David Henry
Suicides
Item ID
31330AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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David Henry Richter, 55, a former Pasadena police lieutenant, has been missing from his Arcadia residence since before Christmas.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 10, 2008
Pages
p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 10, 2008
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Missing Persons
Richter, David Henry
Item ID
31074AN
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Newspaper Index
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Art Wilson writes about some of the famous names in Santa Anita Park's 75 year history, including Charlie Whittingham, Bill Shoemaker, Laffit Pincay, Jr., Seabiscuit, Citation and John Henry.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 25, 2009
Pages
p. C1, C2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 25, 2009
Pages
p. C1, C2
Subjects
Citation (race horse)
John Henry (race horse)
Pincay, Laffit, Jr.
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 -75th anniversary
Seabiscuit (race horse)
Shoemaker, Bill
Whittingham, Charlie
Item ID
32052AN
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Newspaper Index
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Officials confirmed that a body found beneath a freeway overpass is David Henry Richter, a retired Pasadena police lieutenant missing since last year. He was 55 and an Arcadia resident. The official cause of death is pending.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Missing Persons
Richter, David Henry
Item ID
31152AN
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Newspaper Index
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The decomposed body of a missing Pasadena police lieutenant named David Henry Richter, 55, of Arcadia, was found under an overpass where the 605 freeway crosses Rivergrade Road. The cause of death has not been determined but it may have been suicide.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 25, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 25, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Missing Persons
Richter, David Henry
Item ID
31153AN
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The 75th anniversary of Santa Anita Park was celebrated with festivities including a parade of Budweiser Clydesdales and the unveiling of sculptor Nina Kaiser's life-size bronze statue of the race horse John Henry. The article includes a list of people in attendance at the party in the Directors' Room.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31856
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 2009
Pages
p. A20
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 2009
Pages
p. A20
Subjects
John Henry (race horse)
Kaiser, Nina (artist)
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 -75th anniversary
Statuary
Item ID
32056AN
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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…
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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 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).
Subjects
History-Rancho Santa Anita (1838-1947)
Physical Description
2 folders
Item ID
103AF
Collection
Subject Files
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Four people were injured in an automobile collision in the 300 block of Lower Azusa Road. No names were given.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 24 2003
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 24 2003
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Automobile Accident
Item ID
27094AN
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Newspaper Index
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Peter Phoenix and Marie Miguel were found guilty of committing "distraction burglaries." They targeted seniors in Arcadia, Azusa and Alhambra.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 7, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 7, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Miguel, Marie
Phoenix, Peter
Burglaries
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
30314AN
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Santa Anita Park race track will unveil a 1000-pound bronze statue of popular race horse John Henry and a historical marker covering 75 years of the race track's history, as part of its 75th anniversary this Saturday. The bronze statue cost more than $100,000. The marker was done by the Arcadia Historical Society.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 24, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 24, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Historical markers
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 -75th anniversary
Statuary
Item ID
32050AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia has new fire chief--David R. Lugo, 49, from Rancho Cucamonga.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 4, 2002
Pages
p. 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 4, 2002
Pages
p. 11
Subjects
Arcadia Fire Chiefs
Lugo, David R. (biography)
Item ID
33416AN
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Teacher Phillip Sutliff, 34, of Azusa, arrested for sex crimes against a former student at Arcadia High School, will be tried in court tomorrow.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30637
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 24, 2007
Pages
p. Local 2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 24, 2007
Pages
p. Local 2
Subjects
Arcadia High School - teachers
Crime and Criminals
Sex crimes
Sutliff, Phillip
Trials
Item ID
30825AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia will renovate Baldwin Avenue, Lower Azusa Road and Peck Road during September and October. The renovation is designed to maintain the city's infrastructure.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 29, 2002
Pages
p. A2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 29, 2002
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Streets
Item ID
24574AN
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Newspaper Index
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Phillip Morgan Sutliff, 34, of Azusa, an English teacher at Arcadia High School, will stand trial on sex-related charges involving a former student.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30459
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 5, 2007
Pages
p. News 11
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 5, 2007
Pages
p. News 11
Subjects
Arcadia High School - teachers
Crime and Criminals
Sex crimes
Sutliff, Phillip Morgan
Item ID
30646AN
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Newspaper Index
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Phillip Sutliff, 34, of Azusa, an Arcadia High School English teacher, has been arrested and charged with multiple sex crimes against a former student.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30244
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 20, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 20, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arcadia High School teachers
Arrests
Crime and Criminals
Educators
Sutliff, Phillip
Item ID
30431AN
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Newspaper Index
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Joan De Fata, plant sciences librarian at the Arboretum of Los Angeles County has been awarded the 2002 Charles Robert Long Award of Extraordinary Merit by the International Council of Botanical and Horticultural Libraries.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 26, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 26, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arboretum
De Fata, Joan
Item ID
24578AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia is teaming with Monrovia, Azusa, Covina and West Covina to form the regional Foothill Air Support Team (FAST) which will give the city police helicopter support.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27508
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 11, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 11, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Police Department
Item ID
27706AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority has predicted that people will get on the Pasadena-to-Azusa Gold Line extension 9,500 times a day in the year 2030.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30547
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 22, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 22, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Forecasting
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Transportation
Item ID
30735AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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