. To California and back; . state is well preserved. And Winfield ScottHancock, as a young captain of the army, hadquarters in this historic town. In modern interest it stands for a type of thematerial development that belongs to our i860 it numbered 4,500 inhabitants; in 1880,11,000; in 1890, 50,000; in 1897, more than 100,-000. Surrounded by hundreds of cultivatedfarms, whose varied products form the basisof its phenomenal activity and prosperity, it isa really great city. It is well paved, welllighted, and abundantly served by intramuralrailways. It has parks of extraordinary beauty,
. To California and back; . state is well preserved. And Winfield ScottHancock, as a young captain of the army, hadquarters in this historic town. In modern interest it stands for a type of thematerial development that belongs to our i860 it numbered 4,500 inhabitants; in 1880,11,000; in 1890, 50,000; in 1897, more than 100,-000. Surrounded by hundreds of cultivatedfarms, whose varied products form the basisof its phenomenal activity and prosperity, it isa really great city. It is well paved, welllighted, and abundantly served by intramuralrailways. It has parks of extraordinary beauty,and avenues shaded by the eucalyptus and thepepper, that most esthetic of trees. Outsidethe immediate thoroughfares of trade the95 streets are bordered by attractive homes,fronted by grounds set with palm and orangeand cypress, and blooming with flowersthroughout the year. It is backed by themountains that are always present in a Cali-fornia landscape, and fifteen miles away liesa vista of the sea, dotted with PASADENA. Just outside the limits of Los Angeles, inti-mately connected by railway and street-carlines, is Pasadena. For the origin of the nameyou may choose between the imputed Indiansignification. Crown of the Valley, and a cor-ruption of the Spanish Paso de Eden (Thresh-old of Eden). It is in any event the crown ofthat Eden, the San Gabriel Valley, which nes-tles warmly in its groves and rose-bowers be-low lofty bulwarks tipped with snow. Here anEastern multitude makes regular winter homein modest cottage or imposing mansion. Everyfruit and flower and every ornamental tree andshrub known to Southern California is repre-sented in the elaborate grounds of this littlerealm. It is a playground ofwealth, a Nob Hill of Paradise,blessed home of happy men andwomen and children who preferthis to vaunted foreign extensive Baldwin Ranch liesnear at hand, with its great vine-yards, orchards, wineries, andhorse-training ^B>^
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