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 OfficeBuilding the RailroadUsing the RailroadActivityLearn MoreAudrey Maier0f8f4f35e42fcdb6d08eabfaff98566fef8bbb7f
Bryn Mawr Post Office
12018-07-08T19:39:10-07:00Audrey Maier0f8f4f35e42fcdb6d08eabfaff98566fef8bbb7f308471An early photo of the Bryn Mawr post office which was located on the ground floor of the Dallas Hotel in downtown Bryn Mawr.plain2018-07-08T19:39:10-07:00Loma Linda Area Parks and Historical Society Digital ArchiveundatedFred RamosPhotographAudrey Maier0f8f4f35e42fcdb6d08eabfaff98566fef8bbb7f
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1media/2015.001.005.jpg2018-07-08T20:30:26-07:00The Bryn Mawr Post Office7plain2018-07-16T21:23:23-07:0034.047232, -117.237063The people who were living in the townsites needed a way to communicate with friends and family living outside of Bryn Mawr. Bryn Mawr received their own post office in 1895. This was important because it placed Bryn Mawr on the map as a thriving townsite. The first postmaster was Willian J. Lawrence. At that time Bryn Mawr Post Office was small and was located in the Dallas Family Grocery Store. For many years Bryn Mawr had a separate post office from Loma Linda and today Bryn Mawr residents still have their own postal code. Because of this code, you can still find Bryn Mawr on internet maps.
3. Zoom into the map until you can see the Loma Linda Post Office. The streets by the post office were named after the old Bryn Mawr Post-Masters. What names do you see?
1media/2005.005.033.jpg2018-07-09T16:44:53-07:00Activity6plain2018-07-11T06:34:10-07:00In this lesson, we learned about the townsite of Bryn Mawr and how the railroad and post office connected it to larger cities in California and across the United States.
Look carefully at this photograph of the Dallas Building. This building functioned as the Bryn Mawr Post Office. How is this post office different than the post offices we have today? What amenities would today's post office need to be successful?
