San Dimas, California
About San Dimas, California San Dimas was originally inhabited by a Native American tribe called the Tongva. Their settlements were mostly along the coastline of Los Angeles County, northwest Orange County, and surrounding islands. When the Spanish came to this area in 1771, they established the San Gabriel Mission. Indigenous inhabitants were converted and […]
Diamond Bar, California
About Diamond Bar, California Diamond Bar originated with Ricardo Vejar, who was given one of the aforementioned individual Mexican land grants in 1842. A few years later, upon his death, the territory began to be divided into several different sub-properties, the town (roughly) being one of them. The acreage was initially utilized for cattle ranching, […]
Azusa, California
About Azusa, California Azusa was originally inhabited by a Native American tribe called the Tongva. Their settlements were mostly along the coastline of Los Angeles County, northwest Orange County, and surrounding islands. A term referring to an indigenous settlement, Asuska-nga, is thought to be the origin of the word Azusa. When the Spanish came to […]
Bradbury, California
About Bradbury, California Bradbury came from the Rancho Azusa de Duarte. The name comes from a large building in Bradbury named the Chateau Bradbury. The two cities are next to each other and are separate because of missed dates to incorporate. The cities of Duarte and Bradbury are still intertwined even though they are separate, […]
Basset, California
About Bassett, California Bassett is located in the west Puente Valley, and because of that, they are close to the City of Puente. They came from the same historical Rancho La Puente. The township of Bassett was established in 1921. Frequently Asked Questions about Bassett, CA What cities are near Bassett, CA? The neighborhood of […]
Glendora, California
About Glendora, California The city of Glendora is in the foothills of the Sam Gabriel Mountains. The area is known as the Pride of the Foothills. The city was first actualized when the Santé Fe Railway connected the East to the West. The owner of the Locomotive company George Whitcomb named the city of Glendora […]
Whittier, California
About Whittier, CA The city of Whittier started with several Missions in the area and the colonization of the area by Spain in 1769. Spain granted a portion of the area to Juan Crispin Perez as a reward in 1835. A section of this ranch became Whittier. After California was relinquished California to the Americans, […]
West Covina, California
About West Covina, California The history of West Covina, CA follows the history of Covina, that of being part of a Rancho purchased from the Puente Rancho by John Edward Hollenbeck in 1842 until the areas split in 1923. The split came when West Covina wanted to stop Covina from building a sewage farm in […]
Temple City, California
About Temple City, California Temple City, fittingly and straightforwardly, is named after Walter P. Temple, who purchased 400 acres from local business magnate Lucky Baldwin that formed the community’s initial territory. Temple’s eponymous paternal ancestors and his maternal ancestors, the Workmans, were both prominent Californian land-owning families alongside Baldwin’s for several decades prior. Walter was […]
San Marino, California
About San Marino, California Several notable individuals were involved in the founding of what would become San Marino, including prominent local landowner Don Benito Wilson, who bequeathed 500 acres to his son-in-law James DeBarth Shorb, who christened the land San Marino after his grandfather’s Maryland plantation. The small farming plots grew into a booming agricultural […]
