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Description
Articles cover William T. Martin, Claremont's first American settler, as well as the early history of Claremont floods and flood damage. Other pieces describe the unique history of specific areas in early Claremont including Palmer Canyon, El Alisal and its natural spring, and the Indian Rancherias that were once in both Claremont and Pomona. Also contains an account of the beginnings of Claremont's citrus industry and an article on the Claremont forestry department's use of goats.
Airplanes Architecture, Domestic Archives Beekeepers Botany Brackett, Frank Parkhurst, b. 1865 Citrus fruit industry Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Dwellings El Alisal (Claremont, Calif.) Flood damage Flood damage prevention Floods Forestry and community Founding Frontier and pioneer life Fuelbreaks Garner, Herman H Goats Gold Gold mines and mining Jackson, Helen Hunt, 1830-1885. Ramona Land settlement Landscape and garden Libraries Martin, William T Mexicans Mormons Native Americans Pacific Electric Railway Company Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.). Library Powell, Horace A Real estate developers Residential real estate Santa Fe National Historic Trail Sheriffs Southern Pacific Railroad Company Teachers Treasure troves Watchmen Wheeler, Frank
Place
Claremont (Calif.) El Alisal (Claremont, Calif.) El Monte (Calif.) La Verne (Calif.) Los Angeles (Calif.) Los Angeles County (Calif.) Mount Baldy (Calif.) Pomona (Calif.) Puddingstone Dam (Calif.) Red River County (Tex.) Redlands (Calif.) San Antonio Canyon (Calif.) San Bernardino (Calif.) San Dimas (Calif.) San Gabriel River Valley (Calif.) San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.) Spain Texas
Source
Scrapbook, 24 inches x 19 inches; 3 volumes (about 300 leaves); page 123, Wheeler Scrapbooks, Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library
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