| Show the settlement of san ban bernar k dino valley v T we n t y nive five years ago the valley of san gan a n bernardino like most roost of the mex mexican ican grants wall wail was the habitation of a few spaniards mexicans and indians if we except the countless herds of wild cattle and bands hor horses which dotted the whole sur feciw nace fACe of 1 the country its general appearance then then was widely dilber ent from that of today to day a dense delise forest of cottonwood and sycamore trees as well as an undergrowth cover covering Dg the north bank of the santa ana river ulver for miles in length tim remains of which only cm be seeh seen at the present timm time the ranch rauch at that date was owned and occupied by the brothers lugo jose marie blade living in jn an n old adobe building situated on the south alae slue of the santa sauta ana and carmel residing at old san bernar A third owner a brochet in ITA of the bugos lugos diego sepulveda byname hail had men nien occupied their whole simein tinny in looking after and taking 1 l care edre of their thele 1 thousand thousands s of etti ettl eattle cattle e anil iu 1 l horse i worth ut at that period from five to to twenty dollars a nead head liman in the spring of 1851 annaa timan and charles rich elch apo apostles ties ales of or the tiie mormon an edly edis a small company of immigrant gr ants arrived in the valley by wa y of the C bajo ajan n pas having been stilt rid tid by young to setti in to thih thim action of countr country ili in order orden it is believed ull uil bli evel ty to prepare a at start starting hig big point poua for his bis lu s european immigration instead off oft ending it to new york or oe new orleans Orle orie dina cina and then theu thence te overla overland iid rid to utah shortly after their arrival and through the influence of col cul wil blaim of the chino lrich rinch r negotiations were entered into by tyman lyman and kieh kich and the tie lug lugo 4 for the pui put purchase chase if the natt nail rabih eh the price was nixed fixed at and was wms to include the we entire valley the lugos clai cial claiming miti to the base of tug mountains s A all round soon after the purchase a fort was erected for pro against indians there being an outbreak out bieak about that time where the buildings occupied by nir dir mr conn and the property of dr now bow stand tand fi active farming operation operations were t then he n commenced b by y the N drw oas this for a period of years vears included the roads the digging of irrigating d ditches itches and the erection of both saw and grit krit mills the most arduous work however and which occupied about lax 1500 laoo days wora worx was the building of the mountain road to reach the forests of pine timber on the summit of the sierra nevada range this road is now unused another further the eastward and of or much grade having been built within a few years pasi past through the aid of private capital As population increased by new arrivals from utah and the country steps were taken to abandon the old fort and to lay jay off a town at one time its location waa was contemplated on city creek but this idea was abandoned and in 1852 the present jovn toyn town nf of san ban Ba B sr nardino was surveyed by henry G sherwood the erection of buildings outside the fort limits then commenced and the people 6 e ge I 1 nei nez aily ally moved out on their lots sold to them for and 10 the latter being the price charged for corner locations during this time much difficulty was experienced in raising money to pay for the ranch and a loan became necessary this was finally negotiated with pioche co of san francisco the inter est amounting to 1050 every month the raising of this money kept the people in a constant state abate of poverty and was a great drawback to the growth of the place in 1857 the ranch was surveyed under government instructions and the patent issued to the lugos for meres neres or eight leagues this gave lymun imd bich rich a clear title to their purchase and is the one upon which all sales salees of ranch land now made is based sometime prior to the issuance of the patent and when the financial troubles were the greatest mr ebenezer hanks an upper country mormon came down and for fora a third interest entert in the anch auch relieved lynian and rih rl h from their em this gave a new im vetus etus to matters and under his bid direction principally the whole grant ll 11 nc was subdivided sub rub divided under hankst a administration of business affairs the condition of the people and place began to improve and con oon continued tinned so to do until the fall of 1857 when a call from froin brigham young for the mormons cormons here hero to return to utah resulted in a grand breah break up and the selling out of homes for whatever could be procured au red for them As a very large portion por tion of the ranch was unsold mr ilir hanks remained to settle up the business of the firm and dispose of the balance of the land this lie he shortly accomplished by makin malting a 2 sale to mr nir conn and associates for after the tiie mormon Bl ormon hegira a condition of semi barbarism almost existed for several years sanne nardino through its isolated condition becoming the tho rendezvous for the worst characters from the frontier states and ami new mexico their preset presence ice atud arts kept the few peaceable citizens in constant dread and ind as their homes and land lind had no specific cash vabie value they were unable to sell and move away at the close of the war however this obnoxious element be r air ta float off and in its stead a better elas clas of citizens comme commenced need tolo to lo cute cate here until within the past four or five years san bernardino ilas lias made but little littie pr progress egress either elther agriculturally ore speaking and the culture of semitropical semi tropical fruits had bad prior to that date been almost wholly neglected the settling of river riverside ide and the almost unprecedented c growth of fruits flowers and trees there as niso also a few orange tree at old san that portions of this valley were superior to los log angeles these facts becoming knowland know known nand and land being easy to obtain at lew low price gave th the county a start in spite of the efforts of or los loa angeles AD geles real estate men to prejudice new comers to the country against tin tille county thir growth has steadily ed in consequence of a wider dis semi temi nation of the fact indeed aniie d at no period since the c sett settlement ett lemen tot ot the valley has bas a larger immigration taken place or greater prosperity prosper attended the people popie than thau wita within ill lii the past six or nine months real beal estate is still rapidly rising in value the near approach h of or the southern pacific R B R and the development of the mines causing scores of strangers from the east to come heie sie fie seeking eking investment san berk Berr bernardino ardino advertiser Adver tizer it has been decided in a french court that the landlord who falis fails to bave have his gue guests ais ats duly awakened to catch the trains they wish to take is liable in damages |
