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1. "Incorporation motives and movements." Six pages from the book _How the Cities Grew_ by R. Bigger and J.D. Kitchen.

2. "Facts about Arcadia." Pasadena Courier, January 1967.

3. "Baldwin heirs unite to make Arcadia." Lamanda Park Herald, April 7, 1916.

4. "Memories of old Arcadia paper." Arcadia Tribune, August 3, 1934.

5. Board of Trustees (now called City Council) meeting minutes at which the sale of liquor was banned. April 15, 1912.

6. "Colorful past of early Arcadia." News clip, circa 1950.

7. "In the good old days of Arcadia." A column of tid-bits from an Arcadia bulletin, circa 1904 as published in a news clip, circa 1950.

8. Copy of certification of incorporation approval given by the Board of Supervisors, August 4, 1903, issued by C.F. Curry, Secretary of State, California.

9. "Early day visitors found Arcadia to be ..." Arcadia Tribune, January 5, 1978.

10. "Supervisors see 'Arcadia'." Los Angeles Times, May 17, 1903, part 3, page 1. Mentions strong opposition to incorporation plans.

11. "Dave Lundberg's research finds Lucky was protector." Arcadia Tribune, May 11, 1967. Based on information from a April 26, 1906 news story.

12. "Indians, rustlers haunt city street." Arcadia Tribune, July 17, 1968.

13. "Baldwin purchased Rancho, planted trees along drive." Daily News Post, February 15, 1962.

14. "Bill of fare fair." News clip, circa 1950.

15. Site of First Avenue where library was located and early view of Santa Anita. Copy of news photo, circa 1950.

16. "First wheels, then ponies go round." Daily News Post, January 30, 1962.

17. "Early Baldwin pastures." Two copies of photos, circa 1960. One pastoral scene, one showing early Baldwin pastures.

18. Baldwin store and Clara Villa photos. Copies from newspaper, March 23, 1950.

19. "Arcadia named after Grecian pastoral village." News clip, circa 1950. (Another copy is in file Arcadia -Name)

20. "Arcadia once was wide open." News clip, circa 1950.

21. "Longtime resident recalls dairy farm." Iowa Dairy. Arcadia Tribune, January 26, 1964.

22. "Arcadia." Arcadia Journal, June 21, 1919. Full-length, double column article listing approximately 36 good points about the town.

23. "Lucky Baldwin wants the Board of Supervisors to empower him." Los Angeles Times, May 17, 1903.

24. "By the overwhelming vote of 35 yeas, nays none, the City of Arcadia..." News clip, July 28, 1903.

25. City of Arcadia letterhead. Circa 1910+? Copy of original from Gert Daniels. Acquired February 1981.

26. See reference to a Veelox of the Los Angeles Times, July 28, 1903. Reporting on incorporation vote. Copy attached. "Nary a 'nay' has Arcadia. Unanimous voting in Lucky Baldwin's town. Nearly all candidates served as officers of election. Legality of incorporation to be contested--'mayor' plans race track."

27. "Arcadia gets publicity: how many residents of Arcadia now remember." Copied for an article in Mr. Green's scrapbook. Circa 1927.

28. "Downtown group paces growth of shopping district." News clip, undated.

29. "Story of 'Lucky' Baldwin ... one of our most colorful pioneers." Unknown source. (Other copies in file - Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky").

30. Copy of the Seal of the Board of Supervisors regarding the incorporation of the City of Arcadia, August 13, 1903.

31. "Bridge sighs stir Arcadia." Los Angeles Times November 22, 1907.

32. Memo from the Office of the City Attorney, dated September 26, 2002, establishing the official City of Arcadia date of incorporation as August 5, 1903.

33. Copy of City of Arcadia incorporation papers. Petition to the County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors, signed by Elias J. Baldwin and at least 50 qualified electors. Dated June 22, 1903.

34. Copy of City of Arcadia incorporation papers. "In Re Incorporation of the City of Arcadia, and Election of Officers." Establishes boundaries of city. Copy of certification of incorporation approval given by the Board of Supervisors, August 4, 1903, issued by C.F. Curry, Secretary of State, California.

35. Lucky Baldwin proud monarch of queerest of little kingdoms: "We aren't going to have any worse town than we can help," says the despot of Arcadia--American gambling principality to be born this month. Los Angeles Times, November 3, 1907.

36. Nary a 'nay' has Arcadia. Unanimous voting in Lucky Baldwin's town. Nearly all candidates served as officers of election. Legality of incorporation to be contested--"Mayor" plans race track. Los Angeles Times, July 28, 1903.

37. Army lays siege to Lucky Baldwin's projected private city. Census takers indicate 200 Mexicans and 22 Chinese on Baldwin's ranch. Los Angeles Times, May 20, 1903.

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Arcadia (City) History (1903-1920)

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1. Bibliography on Baldwin's horses, race horses and racing.

2. "Baldwin's racers: a good season for Santa Anita Stable." News clip, October 9, 1890.

3. "Cruzados is a crack colt." San Francisco Examiner, December 22, 1901.

4. Catalog of thoroughbred yearlings ... property of E.J. Baldwin, Auction 1897. 32 page booklet copied at the Bancroft Library, acquired April 1982.

5. Jockey license of Richard Herman Schierske signed by E.J. "Lucky" Baldwin. Copy of original loaned by his son, R. Schierske.

6. Marriage license for Herman Schierske, jockey for E.J. Baldwin, February, 1908. Copy of original.

7. "Rider killed at Santa Anita; no racing today on account of death of E.J. Baldwin." San Francisco Chronicle, March 2, 1909.

8. "Baldwin horses were record makers." San Francisco Chronicle, March 2, 1909.

9. "Breeder's meet opens a triumph." Oakland, CA Tribune, August 22, 1915.

10. "Ed Cerbin secures fine stock of horses." San Francisco Bulletin, February 25, 1916.

11. "Four American Derby winners buried under Maltese Cross." Arcadia News Forecast, December 7, 1934.

12. "Lucky Baldwin days at Santa Anita." Westways, December 1935, Page 26-27.

13. Copies from 'The History of Thoroughbred Racing in America' by W.H.P. Robertson regarding Baldwin horses and horse racing. 798.4 R.

14. "E.J. Baldwin, Esq." From 'The Builders of the Commonwealth' by H.H. Bancroft.

15. "Races fulfill Lucky's dream." Arcadia Tribune, April 13, 1978.

16. "A history of the thoroughbred in California, Part II." The Thoroughbred of California, December 1978.

17. "What Rey El Santa Anita did for California racing." Los Angeles Times, June 16, 1939.

18. "Pioneer horseman not forgotten in valley." Pasadena Star News, October 18, 1939.

19. "Lucky Baldwin's old colors in national racing museum." Press release from Santa Anita Park.

20. "The thing I guess I'm most proud of happened in 1967 at Lexington, Kentucky." New Yorker, April 13, 1981. Article about relocating the grave of Isaac Murphy to Lexington.

21. Typed information on Baldwin jockeys.

22. "Lucky Baldwin's racing school." The Thoroughbred of California, June 1994, pages 38-46. Article on school; jockey Isaac Murphy; and nationally famous farrier, John Isaac Wesley Fisher.

23. Article on E.J. Baldwin's famous horse, Volante. Monrovia Planet, March 12, 1887, page 2.

24. "Baldwin's stables." Monrovia Planet, April 30, 1887, page 1.

25. "The Santa Anita Stables." Monrovia Messenger, April 18, 1889, page 6.

26. "Santa Anita Stables." Monrovia Messenger, January 1, 1891, page 2.

27. "The golden age of the California horse." The Thoroughbred of California, February 1947. John Hervey article includes Lucky Baldwin.

28. Article on thoroughbred industry by Carleton F. Burke. The Thoroughbred of California, May 1947.

29. "Rey El Santa Anita is dead." Los Angeles Daily Times, July 2, 1919.

30. Burke, Carleton, "Pastime of Millions," The Thoroughbred, Volume IV, Number 6, page 10+.

31. Ibid. The Thoroughbred. Volume IV, Number 8, page 16+.

32 Ibid. The Thoroughbred. Volume IV, Number 10, page 14+.

33. Ibid. The Thoroughbred. Volume IV, Number 11, page 8+.

34. Ibid. The Thoroughbred. Volume IV, Number 12-13, Page 16+.

35. Ibid. The Thoroughbred. Volume IV, Number 14, page 26+.

36. Lucky Baldwin's Flyers: Volante and the others to leave Santa Anita. New York Times, April 16, 1877.

37. Will please racegoers: Lucky Baldwin's horses barred from all race tracks. May not be able to race abroad. Santa Anita horses have long been under suspicion. New York Times, October 21, 1895.

38. Stewards reply to Baldwin: decline to reconsider their decision to reject his entries. New York Times, October 23, 1895.

39. Santa Anita Track has no prospects (tells of the coming end of racing at Baldwin's Santa Anita Park when State of California will close it with the ban on horse racing, effective April 20, 1909). Los Angeles Times, March 21, 1909. One copy is article itself, one copy is of the whole page view.

40. Fortunes are lost or won at Arcadia. Newspaper page from sports section of Los Angeles Sunday Times reporting opening of Santa Anita Park, built by "Lucky" Baldwin and opened December 1907. Dated December 8, 1907. These are more legible copies of photo 551.

41. Biography and images of Alexander MacMillan Allan, the architect of Lucky Baldwin's original Santa Anita Race Track. Image of race track in 1907. He lived at Point Lobos in Monterey County, California.

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Baldwin, Elias J.- Horses and Horse Racing

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