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John Andreson, Sr., was born on January 28, 1834 in Schleswig Holstein, near the border of Denmark and Germany...
One of the most famous landmarks in the Inland Empire is the Arrowhead. Located in the foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains...
First there was a health spa in 1864. Then a hotel, and when that one burned down...
This building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the architect of the courthouse is listed as Howard E. Jones...
San Bernardino's colorful history is preserved in the Feldheym Library's California Room.
This publication is a re-print of selected articles from the 1910 special edition of The Evening Index...
When most Californians think of "Chinatown", visions of these popular Asian communities in Los Angeles or San Francisco...
The San Bernardino City Hall has been located in several different buildings since the City first became incorporated in 1854...
Besides the founding date of May 20, 1810, there are numerous dates that are significant in the...
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In May of 1927, the Santa Fe Railway took delivery of Engine 3751 from the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia...
San Bernardino, which is a point seldom visited by tourists, and but little known to the Eastern settler or farmer...
Fire protection in San Bernardino actually had its origin June 22, 1865, from a meeting held...
One of the few remaining tangible reminders of our county's early history has recently found a new "home"...
The first people living in the area were the Serrano and Cahuilla Indians...
There was a rumor that John and Silas Glenn had come up on Friday night to ambush Ollie Applewhite...
When the Mormons arrived in 1851, there was wide spread fear of a general uprising among the Utes...
It seems a little hard to believe that the earliest recorded celebration of the American patriotic...
...the flagship for a chain of stores which became synonymous with the Inland Empire of Southern California...
This story is dedicated to the memory of Harry Dickerman, and the businesses he ran in San Bernardino...
In 1888, a group of men formed a San Bernardino Chapter of the "Society of California Pioneers"..
The museum, located in the Santa Fe Depot, contains many one-of-a-kind artifacts and continuously playing DVD's and slide shows.
Can't get enough history? Then try this page of fascinating hyperlinks to other local history resources...
San Bernardino's colorful history begins in the early years of the 19th century...
"The reasons for the founding of the first missions in Alta California are familiar to all of us..."
The first American to describe the San Bernardino Valley was a member of a fur trapping expedition which came this way in 1826...
Jim Waters was one of the first pioneers, politicians, and land-developers that San Bernardino ever had.
Had he been living today Leland Shaw Miles might have been an astronaut, or at the least have entered a profession...
Full-length figure of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stands on a square base with sloped sides. Dr. King wears a suit and tie and his proper left hand is on his chest.
Long before there were paved roads or freeways in the San Bernardino Valley, short line railroads and streetcar systems...
A historic limestone, horse-watering trough, a relic of the twenty-mule team era of...
The Inland Empire has a rich cultural past. In fact, if you lived in this area a century ago, you needn't travel far...
When the expected Indian attack never materialized, the original Mormon settlers in San Bernardino decided...
The San Bernardino Society for California Pioneers was chartered in 1888 by three men...
When names of people contributing to the development of San Bernardino are mentioned, well known pioneers...
There have been several U.S. Presidents that have visited our great City, including the late great Teddy Roosevelt...
...the town of San Bernardino, originally the Indian village of Guachama, received its name during an 1810 expedition...
In 1875, the Southern Pacific Railroad came into the area. Eleven years later, the Santa Fe Railroad...
On May 20, 1960, San Bernardino observed its 150th birthday anniversary...
The history of 45 streets and places have been extracted from Elizabeth W. Richards' 1966 publication (reprinted by permission).
It is quite a distinguishing event when a building is named in honor of a leader of the community...
"The Tale of The Kite, The Eastern Loop of the Kite-Shaped Track", Presented By Mark Landis.
Coulter's name may sound familiar to local hikers and backpackers for the Coulter Pine Tree was...
The Ultimate San Bernardino Trivia Quiz compiled by the Feldheym Library California Room Docents...
Wyatt spent more of his life in San Bernardino County (with his wife Sadie), than anywhere else...