Train at Bryn Mawr Station
1 2018-07-08T19:17:25-07:00 Audrey Maier 0f8f4f35e42fcdb6d08eabfaff98566fef8bbb7f 30847 1 The 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. plain 2018-07-08T19:17:26-07:00 Loma Linda Area Parks and Historical Society Digital Archive undated Joe Frink Photograph Audrey Maier 0f8f4f35e42fcdb6d08eabfaff98566fef8bbb7fThis page is referenced by:
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How did Bryn Mawr and Loma Linda come to be?
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Set the Scene:
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 were built in the late 1800s are still used today. In the early days of the town’s history trains were very important because they transported mail, oranges, and people.
Vocabulary:
Land prospectors (n.) businessmen interested in owning and developing land.
Townsite (n.) small areas bought by prospectors were called townsites. They were called townsites because there were very few people living together.
Unincorporated community (n.) a community or small town that does not have an official city government. Unincorporated communities do not have mayors or city council members.These supplementary lesson plans were created by the Loma Linda Area Parks and Historical Society and Christine Roque, a 4th-grade teacher at Bryn Mawr Elementary School.
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Building the Railroad
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New 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.
