r 1904-5 Bookil3^ i Redlands A PERFECT CLIMATE THE FINEST ORANGE GROVES in the STATE BEAUTIFUL PARKS and FINE RESIDENCES Photographs by Chasr Thom. Rkdlaniis Engravjng and Pkinting by Out West Co., Los Angeles \^ eXcv-x^vs-, IIO.MIC Ol.- MK. I. II. iishi-:k BY HENRY L. GRAHAM ♦fTN the natural world, the phenoni- li enon of {growth is one of great interest to the thouf^htful ob- server. The tiny acorn, carried to some favora])le spot by wandcrint^- bird, be- comes the mighty oak, monarch of the forest ; the ungainly little colt, totter- ing unsteadily beside its mother in the paddock, grows into a lithe, and sin- uous winner of the Derby ; and that most helpless of all created things at birth, a child, may become the strong- A. K. SMILKY PIHLIC LIBKAKY REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA support on which a nation leans in its crises of storm and stress. Of no less interest to the student of sociology is the growth and develop- ment of the communities that form the integ-ral parts of our great common- wealths, and they, in turn, the Nation. Redlands is perhaps the most con- spicuous example in all Southern Cal- ifornia, of the evolution of a progres- sive, modern " city of homes," from what little more than a decade ago was but a waste of sagebrush and cacti. Mr. Lummis says in his Right Hand of the Continent: "On the seventh of May of this year (1903) President Roosevelt drove over miles of Redlands' HOMK OF JUDGE GEOKGB K. OTIS REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA THE LATB PRESIDENT MCKINLBY AT RKDLANDS MAY 8th, 1901 REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA HOME OK MR. F. P. MORRISON REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA HOMK OK \IK. VV. H. I'l- r 1 lliiiNK streets, carpeted with rose-petals and fringed with charming homes — not brick pigeon-holes elbowing one an- other, but Homes — and miles of beau- tiful park ; and addressed a crowd of 5,000 people of an average of intelli- gence, refinement and taste no Eastern community whatever could surpass. ii^M Ip Wiiill ;'!i i§^M p -- ^^'m ■a?^ ■ L~.^ ^' r ^*li^-^t= pp^^^ U^:^'^ > — 3881^ tW P^*^ : . - . -^ - **■ liOMK 01-' MK. K. <;. lUDSON REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA and very few could tally up with — and all this on ground where I used to hunt jack-rabbits sixteen or seventeen years ago." The real beginning of Redlands dates from March 10, 1887, when the town plat was filed. Here then was a hamlet comprising the usual "brick block," a few score small dwellings, THK UNIVERSITY CLUB one or two stores, and perhaps 100 acres of newly planted orange trees. From that date to this, Redlands has never taken a backward step, but has made steady, substantial and permanent progress. With nothing of the "boom" nature in the gradual, healthy growth of the past years, today it bears the en- viable reputation of " the best interior REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA HOME OF MR. A. G . HUBHARD town of Southern California." And small wonder when one thinks of the great charm of the climate, comparatively free from fogfs ; the fertile soil, the wonderful beauty of the nat- ural surroundings — of all of which more anon — and the sterling qualities of its citizens, " for the most part," as another has said, "men and women whose standards of culture, of intellectual attainment, of morals, and of religion are high." Eighty miles from the ocean, Redlands nestles close to the foothills, sheltered by a moun- tain range averaging in height QENTURV PLANT IN BLOOM REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA HOMK OF MR. V. SfASHEK length and breadth of California's "Orange belt "' no locality is so favored by nature for the successful and profit- able culture of this luscious fruit. Problems of scale and smut, of ex- tremes of heat or cold, of too much moisture or too little water, do not vex the fortunate orange grower of Redlands. These conditions are en- tirely due to the topographical situ- ation on the terminal slope of the Sierra Madre Mountains. With an almost absolute freedom from frost. HOME OF DK. C. J. CRKIGHTON REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA the inland and elevated situation of the groves prevents the dreaded scale that in less favored localities must be held in check b}^ expensive spraying- and fumigating. No Redlands oranges require washing and brushing to cleanse them from black smut — that aftermath of the scale pest. The half circle of mountains protects the groves alike from cold in winter and from heavy wind storms that AN OKCHARD SCENE would beat and bruise the golden fruit. These claims made by the residents of this favored spot, are substantiated by the following indisputable facts, namely : first prizes at all citrus ex- hibits ; greatest demand and highest prices in Eastern markets ; 90 per cent, of the f.o.b. orders are for Redlands oranges, and the crop of 1904, although larger by 500 carloads than ever before, REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA -"n^iV^t HuMK Ot MKS. KUW AKU HOICHKISS IN CANi'N CKI-.ST PAKK REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA SCENES IN PROSPKCT PARK was practically exhausted when most other localities had 30 per cent, of their crop on the trees unsold. The material growth of the city during the past three years has been remarkable. Since the first of the present year, 1904, building has con- tinued in all sections of the town. Many dwellings have been completed and more are in process of erection at this writing. The Presbyterians will spend approximately $12,000.00 on their new Sunday school build- ing and addition to the church. A substantial and churchly edifice costing $25,000.00 has just been completed by the Trinity Episcopal Church ; the Baptist Society has madf ex- tensive additions to its large building at a cost of upwards REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA SCKNlvS IN SMILKV HKIGHTS of $14,000.00; the Unitarians are just breaking- ground for a new "home" on which they will expend $10,000.00, and the Lutherans are erecting- a com- fortable house of worship. The new home of the Con- temporary Club, a woman's organization of 200 members when completed will be a con- spicuous ornament to the city. Its architecture is of Mission style, and the building with f urnishing-s, including an audience room with a seating capacit}^ of 700, will represent an expenditure of $25,000.00. A handsome theatre in the Spanish Mission style of archi- tecture is at present in process of construction. The building will have a seating capacity of 1,200, a stags 40x40 feet, and will cost about $30,000.00. The Casa Loma Hotel, tilled REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA HOTEL CASA LOMA during the tourist season finds it neces- sary to expand and has added a larg-e number of new rooms, enlarged the dining-room and fitted up a new amusement hall. New plumbing, new carpets, and new painting and ren- ovating make it practically a new hotel. While not the largest tourist hotel, it is certainly one of the most comfortable and attractive in the State, an ideal winter home for those who wish to enjoy the fine climate and beautiful scenery of Kedlands. "The Commercial Hotel " centrally located opposite the Southern Pacific station, furnishes good accommoda- tions on the American or European plan at moderate prices. Rooms and board may be had at reasonable rates REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA at "The Redlands," a forty-room house, conducted on the American and European plan. Plans are being- made for "The Lawton Villa," a forty-room hotel, on the former home place of the late Gen. H. W. Lawton. There are a number of small private rooming- and boarding-houses for the convenience of transient or permanent guests. The present population of the city is 8,000, an increase in three years of 69 per cent, since the census of 1900. There are 200 miles of streets, 16 miles of cement walks, a property valuation of $14,000,000.00, an assessed valuation SNOW ON THE MOnNTAINS— ORANGES IN THE VALLEY REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA of $6,000,000.00 and a bonded indebtedness of $54,000.00. From vast storage reservoirs in the mountains an abundant water supply is provided for domestic use as well as for the irrigation of the orange groves, flower gardens and lawns. As has been well and truly said, "What has been done in material development during the past year has been more -^ '^f^^f^ -v.. ■:-.-^;- -v^ai^gAfca KEDLANDS FKOM REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA than duplicated along intel- lectual lines. Redlands is a city that stands for culture, and with her schools and churches, her woman's clubs, and her musical organizations, has gone ahead, in this respect, with leaps and bounds. A city of homes, with all the good that the word ' home ' implies, is what Redlands strives to be and is." I'hoto by I'litiiam if' \'alcntine REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA HUME OF MK. W. N. MOOKE A brief mention ma)' be made here of the various musical and social organizations in Redlands. Besides the University Club, numbering 100 members and owning a handsome home costing $20,000.00, and the Con- temporar}' Club, alread}^ noted, there are the Spinet, a purely musical MT. SAN IlEKNARDINO liV MOONLIGHT REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA THE SMII.KY RESIDENCKS CANON CREST PARK orifanization, the Country Club, with a picturescjue club-house on "The Heights," the Fort- nightly, a men's club of limited membership, and the Redlands Medical So- ciety. The Elks Club has handsomely furnished rooms, with cafe adjoin- ing, in the second story of the Post-office build- ing. The Masons, Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows, and almost all the fraternal organiza- tions are represented by aUAUV KOAD REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA HOMK OF MK. K. C. STERLING REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA lodges. The Young Men's Christian Association owns a fine building-, in which are the city offices. The Board of Trade, one of the active commercial organizations of Southern California, ■with a membership of nearly 400, maintains an Exhibit Room and Bureau of Information, centrally lo- A FOOTHILLS BROOK cated, for the convenience of visitors. All the leading religious denomi- nations have adequate and attractive church buildings. There are in all about twenty religious and charitable societies, and thirty literary, musical, social and patriotic associations. Thepublicschool system of California REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA is maintained at a high standard of excellence, and it is universally con- ceded that there are no better gram- mar or high schools in the State than those of Redlands. There are eight school buildings, fift3^-five teachers, and upwards of 2,000 school children. The A. K. Smiley Public Library is a very handsome and substantial brick building in modified Mission style, containing 8,400 volumes, and with over 3,000 regular readers. This build- ing, with the park of eight acres in which it stands, was the gift to the city of Mr. Smiley, A BUSY DAV IN THE ORCHARD REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA The Facts and The Review are re- spectively the evening and morning- papers. The Reviexu issues a weekly edition. The Citrograph is a well- printed weekly, " a local authority on horticultural subjects, as well as a pur- veyor of news." While Redlands, on account of its HD.MK OK MKS. C. H. MEIGS inland location, will never become a great commercial center, it has a large number of business houses and shops to supply the demands of its inhabit- ants, and these institutions have kept pace with the growth of the city in improved and modern buildings. REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA HOME OF MK. HENKY I-'ISllKK There are two national and two sav- ing's banks, two telegraph companies, and two telephone companies. The Santa Fe and Southern Pacific railroads maintain an excellent system of train service to Los Angeles and neighboring towns. The San Bernar- dino Valley Traction Co., an electric road, carries passengers through and between the cities of Redlands, High- land, Colton and San Bernardino, con- AJON STREET REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA FIRST CONGKKCiATIONAL CIU'KCH METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH BAPTIST CHURCH riit -^^W^CWw- TRINITY CHURCH, BORKAGK MEMORIAL REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA necting- at the latter point with all trains on the new Salt Lake Railroad. On the line of this electric road, within a short distance of Redlands, is situated Urbita Hot Springs, a health and pleasure resort with a fine, large swimming pool, and provision for sulphur or mud baths. BEAK VALLEY DAM Between Urbita and Redlands the cars pass the new race track and ball grounds recently fitted up by the Traction Co. with grand stand and sheds. Harlem Springs, where is also a sulphur water plunge, is on the REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA IKIMI 111 MK. eilAKI.l-.s 11 I NAM HOMli OK MKS. J. K. DAVIS REDLANDS. CALIFORNIA HOME OK MRS. G. W. BOWERS Highland branch of the electric road. Neither the resident nor the visitor in Redlands need suffer from en)iui for a moment. The matchless climate, the more than 300 sunshiny days in the year, afford ample opportunity for HOMli Ul- MRS. CUKTIS \\ KLLS REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA Home oi' mk. a. c. bukragk all sorts of out-door sports and recre- ations. Horseback rides, coaching parties, golf and tennis may be en- jo)'ed ; for the fishermen there arc trout streams in the canons beyond the city ; for the hunter, (juail and dove shooting on the foothills at the terminus of the car line, and deer in the mountains ; for the artist, scenery of wondrous grandeur ; for the lover of Nature, beauty every- where. C ail on Crest Park, (Smiley Heights), with its 200 acres of tropical trees and flowers ; Prospect Hill Park, also a fairyland of flowers ; Edgemont Road, one of the finest scenic drives in the world, and the famous " Mc- Kinle)' Drive," are some of the attractions of Kedlands. rKKSIUKNT KOO.SH\BLT IN REIJLANDS MAY 7,1903 REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA The semi-circle of snow-capped, rug-- g-ed mountains ; the foothills, pictur- esque in their barrenness ; the distant valley, a delicate shade of green all over its broad fields of upcoming- grain ; the thousands of acres of groves, where are grown the famous Redlands oranges ; with the clean, Vt If A PACKING HOUSE INTERIOR beautiful city in the midst — all this must be seen to be appreciated. In Redlands, on the 8th day of May, 1901, William McKinley was welcomed to California by Governor Henry T. Gage and party. On the 7th day of May, 1903, Presi- dent Roosevelt was welcomed to the REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA HOME OF MRS. C. HOSKING HOME OF MR. R. B. LANE HciMlv Ol' MRS. C. A. HII-1. State by Governor Georg-e C. Pardee and a Legislative Com- mittee. Was it not indeed a compliment, that this 3'oung- cit}' was twice selected within two years as the place where the President of the United States should receive the first impressions and be introduced to the people of this great and growing commonwealth. REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA HINC; ALOW )!■■ i;i)\\AKi) s. gk.\ha:\i ^ead ncs P. Ednumds, cashier NationaJ Bank of Cotntnercc, Baltimore, Md. : "Redlands is the most beautiful spot I have seen in Cali- fornia. I shall sing her praises from morning until night." Admiral Schley . " I want to say that I have today learned why so many good people stay in your city. The reason is that there is no other spot on earth so near Paradise." m 4 1935 REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA Charles Elliot Warren: "1 wish that our impression of Redlands could be our last im- pression of California. East- ern men's eyes are opening- to the wonderful possibilities here. Redlands is delightful and wonderful." Wm. B. Ridgely, Controller of the Currency : " Redlands is wonderful. I wouldn't have missed visiting it for any- thing." HOME OF MR. C. E. TAYLOR David Cro}Hzvell, Treasurer New York State Batikers' Association : " I have taken many famous drives, but the loveliest of them all was the one of today including Smiley Heights. It is wonderful." E. L. Clough, editor of Fi fiance : " Redlands is the garden spot of America, an ideal home place." DeLiissan : "But your Redlands I It is so lovely 1 Every place I go they tell me ' when you go to Redlands, you must take the drive,' and so today I go. Something I never did before — to take any pleasure before I sing, but I am so glad I did it. It is all so beautiful." Ellis H. Roberts, Treasurer of the United States: " Redlands is the most elegant city we have seen on the coast." For further ittformation aiidrcss BOARD OF TRADE Redlands, California IN THE MOUNTAINS NEAR REPLANDS LIBRARY OF CONGRESS