Unit 4, Lesson 4: How Did Mexican Americans Build a Community in Bryn Mawr?Main MenuHow Did Mexican Americans Build a Community in Bryn Mawr?The Beginnings of the Citrus IndustryEarly Mexican SettlersNot Always WelcomePicking and Packing OrangesAmericanizationBuilding A CommunityActivityLearn MoreAudrey Maier0f8f4f35e42fcdb6d08eabfaff98566fef8bbb7f
Snow in the Orange Groves
12018-07-09T17:11:45-07:00Audrey Maier0f8f4f35e42fcdb6d08eabfaff98566fef8bbb7f308591Ankle-deep snow worried citrus growers. These workers on the Frink Ranch are carrying smudge-pot lighters. Smudge pots cast an oil-fired pall over the whole valley during a freeze, blacking cars, homes and the entire landscape. Wind machines were also used to keep freezing air from settling in the groves.plain2018-07-09T17:11:46-07:00Loma Linda Area Parks and Historical Society Digital Archive1938Joe FrinkPhotographAudrey Maier0f8f4f35e42fcdb6d08eabfaff98566fef8bbb7f
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1media/2005.005.017.jpg2018-07-11T07:01:36-07:00About the Loma Linda Area Parks and Historical Society5plain2018-07-11T07:04:08-07:00The Loma Linda Area Parks and Historical Society is dedicated to preserving, collecting and teaching the history of Loma Linda California. We work with the community to put on history fairs, and community collection days. The society has also worked diligently to save Loma Linda's historic buildings in conjunction with the Loma Linda City Historic Commission. We are growing as an organization, and one day we hope to open Loma Linda's, Heritage Park.
The author of these lesson plans is Audrey Maier. Audrey attended Bryn Mawr Elementary School and loved being a Bryn Mawr Blue Jay. She is an educator, curator, and historian from California's Inland Empire. She received her Bachelor's degree in Art History/Criticism from the University of California San Diego and a Master's degree in Public History from the University of California, Riverside where she is currently pursuing a Ph.D. Audrey's research interests center on the history of the Inland Empire, visual culture, and Mexican-American history.
