Southern California; . s right. He calledupon all the faithful to assemble in defense of theircause, and a large majority of the Mormons in the SanBernardino Valley, who w^ere just beginning to realizetheir hopes of a happy home in this fruitful region, soldout their property at a sacrifice and started on the longjourney over the desert to fight at the command of theirleader in an unworthy cause. Some refused to go, andthe remnants of the band still live aboutRedlauds and San Bernardino. After the departure of the Mormons,the country was largely given over to thelawlessness of a town on the co
Southern California; . s right. He calledupon all the faithful to assemble in defense of theircause, and a large majority of the Mormons in the SanBernardino Valley, who w^ere just beginning to realizetheir hopes of a happy home in this fruitful region, soldout their property at a sacrifice and started on the longjourney over the desert to fight at the command of theirleader in an unworthy cause. Some refused to go, andthe remnants of the band still live aboutRedlauds and San Bernardino. After the departure of the Mormons,the country was largely given over to thelawlessness of a town on the confines ofcivilization. There were Indian incur-sions and local brawls for many years,but peace and prosperity at last pre- GANYON CRB6T DRIVE. vailed. It is only of late that the great possibilitiesof the country in the raising of citrus fruits has beenrealized. There is little in the modern town of Redlands toindicate the stirring history of the district. To be sure,a wagon, driven by a swarthy Mexican wearing a broad. SMILEY DRIVE. sombrero and bright red neckscarf, rumbles along thestreets of the town every now and then, and the burrosare an ever-present feature along the main throughfare,but they all seem strangely out of keeping with theelegant equipages which would do credit to CentralPark or Fifth avenue. Many people of wealth havechosen Redlands as a home for at least a part of the year,and it is a pleasure to note that some among them aresufficiently interested in the place to spend their moneyfreely in public adornment and improvement. Among 3» these the most conspicuous are the Messrs. A. H. andA. K. Smiley, who have laid out an extensive and beau-tiful park about their residences, and thrown it open tothe public. The drive through these grounds followsthe backbone of a ridge separating the San BernardinoValley, or the upper Santa Ana, as it is sometimes called,from the San Timotheo Canyon, a long narrow gorgewhich is in the main as nature fashioned it. The out-look
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