. To California and back;. raisedthe stars and stripes in 1846, and his after-residenceas governor of the State is well preserved. AndWinfield Scott Hancock, as a young captain of thearmy, had quarters in this historic town. In modern interest it stands for a type of the ma-terial development that belongs to our day. In i860it numbered 4,500 inhabitants; in 1880, 11,000; ini8gi, more than 50,000. Surrounded by hundredsof cultivated farms, whose varied products form thebasis of its phenomenal activity and prosperity, it isa really great city. It is well paved, well lighted,and abundantly served
. To California and back;. raisedthe stars and stripes in 1846, and his after-residenceas governor of the State is well preserved. AndWinfield Scott Hancock, as a young captain of thearmy, had quarters in this historic town. In modern interest it stands for a type of the ma-terial development that belongs to our day. In i860it numbered 4,500 inhabitants; in 1880, 11,000; ini8gi, more than 50,000. Surrounded by hundredsof cultivated farms, whose varied products form thebasis of its phenomenal activity and prosperity, it isa really great city. It is well paved, well lighted,and abundantly served by intramural railways. Ithas parks of extraordinary beauty, and avenuesshaded by the eucalyptus and the pepper, that mostesthetic of trees. Outside the immediate thorough-fares of trade the streets are bordered by attractivehomes, fronted by grounds set with palm and orangeand cypress, and blooming with flowers throughoutthe year. It is backed by the mountains that arealways present in a California landscape, and fifteen. miles away lies a vista of the sea, dotted with island-peaks. PASADENA. Just outside the limits of Los Angeles, intimatelyconnected by railway and street-car lines, is Pasa-dena. For the origin of the name you may choosebetween the imputed Indian signification, Crown ofthe Valley, and a corruption of the Spanish Paso deKdeii (Threshold of Eden). It is in any event thecrown of that Eden, the San Gabriel Valley, whichnestles warmly in its groves and rose-bowers belowlofty bulwarks tipped with snow. Here an Easternmultitude makes regular winter home in modestcottage or imposing mansion, and nearly in the cen-ter of the valley, commanding a full circular sweepof its extent, stands an eminence crowned by theRaymond Hotel, of tourist fame. Every fruit andflower and every ornamental tree and shrub knownto Southern California is represented in the elaborategrounds of this little realm. It is a playg ound ofwealth, a Nob Hill of Paradise, blessed home ofhappy men and
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