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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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Item ID
111AF
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The Clara Baldwin Stocker Home for Women was founded in 1963 by Clara Stocker, daughter of Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin. The Home is profiled. Photo.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 29, 1995
Pages
p. H-12 Hometown
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 29, 1995
Pages
p. H-12 Hometown
Subjects
Stocker, Clara Baldwin
Clara Baldwin Stocker Home for Women
Item ID
4468AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Croatian-American Zovak family are concerned about relatives still living in their native country.

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Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
August 18, 1992
Pages
p. 3 photo
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Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
August 18, 1992
Pages
p. 3 photo
Subjects
Zovak family
Item ID
117AN
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Newspaper Index
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Owner Frank Perini marked the 44th anniversary of his barber shop, Perini's Hair Plus, on May 7.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News The Star section
Date
May 13, 1998
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News The Star section
Date
May 13, 1998
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Business & Industry - Perini's Hair Plus
Perini, Frank
Item ID
13857AN
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Newspaper Index
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A fire that started in a classroom at Baldwin Stocker School was completely contained by the Arcadia Fire Dept. on the morning of February 14. No other rooms were damaged in the blaze.

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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
February 16, 1995
Pages
p. 13
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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
February 16, 1995
Pages
p. 13
Subjects
Fires & Fire Prevention
Schools-Baldwin Stocker Elementary
Item ID
4359AN
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Newspaper Index
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Harry Snyder, 52, has set an American record for bench pressing 350 lb. in the Master's Division (50 to 55 years old) of the American Drug Free Powerlifting competition. He is profiled.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 23, 1993
Pages
p. H-16 photo; Hometown section
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 23, 1993
Pages
p. H-16 photo; Hometown section
Subjects
Snyder's Family Fitness see also Harry Sneider, Sneider's Family Fitness
Item ID
151AN
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Newspaper Index
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Harry and Sarah Sneider, personal fitness trainers from Sneiders Family Fitness, Inc., are profiled.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 24, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 24, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Sneiders Family Fitness, Inc.
Item ID
811AN
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Newspaper Index
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Albert Matthies, the only Arcadia police officer killed in the line of duty, was honored with a memorial plaque nearly 70 years after his murder. Photo.

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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
Matthies, Albert E.
Crime and Criminals
Punishment
Item ID
6408AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Hal Ward, Arcadia ophthalmologist, and the crew of his 70 foot yacht Chavel '95 will set sail in the 2225 mile TransPacific race from California to Hawaii.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 2, 1995
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 2, 1995
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Ward, Hall
Item ID
4488AN
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Newspaper Index
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Bill Connolly, 67, has closed his White Eyes Indian Shop, located south of Huntington Drive on First Avenue. First opened in 1964, the property was sold to Don Ta of Alhambra, who plans to open a real estate office.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 3, 1990
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 3, 1990
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
White Eyes Indian Shop
Item ID
848AN
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Newspaper Index
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James Dobson and Focus on the Family are discussed by former right-hand-man Gil Meogerle. Also see accompanying article about rise of Focus on the Family.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 13, 1997
Pages
p. D-1 photos
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 13, 1997
Pages
p. D-1 photos
Subjects
Focus on the Family
Dobson, James
Moegerle, Gil
Item ID
9320AN
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Newspaper Index
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Profile of Frank Perini, owner of Perini's Hair Plus on Foothill Blvd., which opened in 1954. Frank changed his name from Perez to Perini in order to be able to buy a house in Arcadia and to be accepted in the community.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 2, 1998
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 2, 1998
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Perini, Frank
Perini's Hair Plus
Item ID
26584AN
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The job of listing for City Manager closed Friday with about 70 applications received at the executive firm's offices in Sacramento.

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Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
July 29, 1992
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
July 29, 1992
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
City Employees
Item ID
106AN
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Newspaper Index
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Harry Sneider, 52, 5 feet 10 inches, 215 pounds, won 1st place in the world master's championship in bench-pressing in the 50-54 year old category in November in Pennsylvania. He is profiled.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 13, 1993
Pages
p. 12 photo; Highlander section
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 13, 1993
Pages
p. 12 photo; Highlander section
Subjects
Sneider's Family Fitness see also Harry Snyder
Item ID
194AN
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Gerry Woods, who is in the process of recovering from an almost fatal gunshot wound to the head last year, went in a wheel chair to receive his certificate of graduation from Foothills Junior High School.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 18, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 18, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Woods, Gerald Jr.
Item ID
81AN
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Newspaper Index
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Harry and Sarah Scieder are personal trainers who run Sneider Family Fitness Inc. out of their Arcadia home.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 12, 1999
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 12, 1999
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
Subjects
Business & Industry - Sneider Family Fitness, Inc
Sneider, Harry and Sarah
Item ID
17763AN
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An assistant manager of a Blockbuster Video on South Baldwin was in custody Monday on suspicion of trying to engineer the robbery of his own store.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 22, 1998
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 22, 1998
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime & criminals
Item ID
16950AN
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Newspaper Index
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The 1913 mansion, Anoakia, former home of Anita Baldwin, is about to be demolished.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 2, 1999
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 2, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Anoakia
Baldwin, Anita
Item ID
27355AN
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Baldwin Stocker Elementary School opened its Baldwin Stocker Information Center, complete with 16 Apple 2e computers and a computer encyclopedia stored on a single laser disc. It will soon feature modems, fax machines and laser discs. Funding comes from the state and from local support groups such as the Arcadia Educational Foundation and the PTA. Photos.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 18, 1990
Pages
p. A-1, 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 18, 1990
Pages
p. A-1, 2
Subjects
Schools-Baldwin Stocker Elementary
Item ID
2699AN
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Newspaper Index
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Anoakia Oaks, LLC, developers of the Anoakia estate, are willing to give away the Anita Baldwin mansion or it will be demolished.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 11, 1999
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 11, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Anoakia
Anoakia Oaks, LLC
Baldwin, Anita
Item ID
27353AN
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Newspaper Index
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