Unit 4, Lesson 1: How did Bryn Mawr and Loma Linda come to be?Main MenuHow did Bryn Mawr and Loma Linda come to be?From where you live, can you hear the sound of trains? Do you cross train tracks on your way to school? The train tracks that are still used today were built in the late 1800s. In the early days of the town’s history trains were very important because they transported mail, oranges, and people.Growing CaliforniaBryn Mawr and Loma Linda Become TownsitesThe Bryn Mawr Post OfficeUsing the RailroadActivityLearn MoreAudrey Maier0f8f4f35e42fcdb6d08eabfaff98566fef8bbb7f
Building the Railroad
1media/2005.009.007.jpg2018-07-09T16:28:26-07:00Audrey Maier0f8f4f35e42fcdb6d08eabfaff98566fef8bbb7f308472plain2018-07-16T21:19:15-07:00Audrey Maier0f8f4f35e42fcdb6d08eabfaff98566fef8bbb7fNew railroads helped both Bryn Mawr and Loma Linda grow. The transcontinental railroad, built in 1869, connected San Francisco to other states, but other places in southern California were not as connected. The Southern Pacific Railroad company fixed this by building many railroads that connected southern cities with northern ones. In 1892 the Southern Pacific Railroad built the Redlands Junction Station in Bryn Mawr and completed the track into downtown Redlands.[1]This connected Bryn Mawr with the rest of California and the United States. The railroad allowed people and products to be transported easily. The completion of the railroad also brought new people to Bryn Mawr. Many of the railroad workers came from Mexico and China and many of them chose to settle down in Bryn Mawr.
4. Turn to your partner and discuss what you think these trains would transport.
[1] Tom Atchley, “Mission School: A History,” San Bernardino County Museum Association Quarterly 57, no. 1 (2012): 42.
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12018-07-08T19:17:25-07:00Train at Bryn Mawr Station1The Bryn Mawr train station became a major shipper of local oranges, beginning with the first packing from Henry Fuller's barn in 1897. Before that, oranges were hauled to one of the Redlands packinghouses for shipment.media/2005.005.033.jpgplain2018-07-08T19:17:26-07:00Loma Linda Area Parks and Historical Society Digital ArchiveundatedJoe FrinkPhotograph
