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Happy new year, we have our website back up and running, and tomorrow is our first meeting of 2024! 😄 Doors open at 10, with a presentation at 11 by a representative of the city's water department, and light refreshments available.
* About us* Contact* Directions* The Museum* Pictures* History of Rialto* The Adobe* The Church . Preserving the history of Rialto, California205 North Riverside AveRialto, CA 92376phone: 909-875-1750email: [email protected] is open Saturdays 10-2 PM
A trip which included Rialto!
"This historic event was captured on film by noted railfan photographer J. Allen Hawkins, and his colorful images vividly convey the excitement and the drama of that final day in the life of the Santa Fe steam era. Come back to 1955 and big steam over Cajon with engine ATSF 3759.
The powerful Northern-type locomotive pulled its special train out of Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal for the climb over Cajon Pass to Barstow, returning to Los Angeles later that same day. Along the way it stopped at favorite railfan spots for photography run-bys, giving you the opportunity to experience the excursion from trackside, inside the cab of the locomotive, even from the roofs of the cab and the tender. Clear skies and magnificent Cajon scenery added their special touches to the great steam action!"
Here is a "then & now" of the historic Wigwam Motel, Foothills Blvd., San Bernardino, California on Route 66. It is in great condition, a wonderful place to stay, and a favorite of the Route 66 people.
It was in 1933 that Frank Redford first started developing the Wigwam “Villages” by designing teepee-shaped motel units around a museum-come-shop he had built to showcase his Native American artifacts. Frank got the concept for the enormous teepee-shaped rooms from an ice cream stand he had seen in Long Beach, California. He went on to build seven motels using his wigwam design, and the hotel in San Bernardino, CA was his final, established in 1949. Nineteen cone-shaped wigwams stand 32 feet high on vast green grounds. But instead of being made of animal skins, the wigwams have a poured concrete foundation with a wood framing stucco exterior designed by Frank Redford himself.
It is in San Bernardino, CA with a mailing address of Rialto CA. The city of San Bernardino initially rejected the plans for the Wigwam, calling it "atrocity architecture" so it was supposedly built just outside the city limits. But today, it shows up as just inside the city limits.
This photo is courtesy of Joe Sonderman.
Due to a scheduling conflict, last month we were fortunate to have a last minute presentation from the Lake Norconian Club Foundation, whereas our tour of the Sidney Jones headquarters building of the Rialto Police Department is now scheduled instead for this coming Saturday, November 4th.
Happy ! Here's Thomas and Tonchy the cat.
Norconian Resort in currently neglected despite being listed on the
As many of you may be aware, Redlands is hosting a mountain lion these days. These majestic animals have a range of 100 square miles, meaning that they come and go across a wide territory. Our big cat has been caught on camera near Fern Avenue, near Brookside, around the hospital, and recently, in our open space preserves. This is just a reminder if you are out and about in San Timoteo or Herngt' Aki near dawn or dusk, you should not be alone. If you bring a dog on your hike, keep your animal on leash, and be aware of your surroundings so that you are not surprised.
Our esteemed visitor was caught on camera on two occasions recently: September 8 and 11. It goes without saying, but we will say it anyway: this animal is in its natural home. Respect that! If you are lucky enough to catch a glimpse of it, do not approach it, don't harass it or bother it in any way.
THIS COMING SATURDAY!
This Saturday!
TOMORROW! All are welcome on Saturday, June 3rd at 11 to hear about San Bernardino's airport! 🛩
San Bernardino History & Railroad Museum
Happy 106th Birthday to the Rialto Theatre! This downtown house at 812 S. Broadway was opened May 21, 1917 as Quinn's Rialto by pioneer exhibitor John A. Quinn. The initial presentation was "The Garden of Allah" accompanied by an original score performed by the Quinn Symphony Orchestra under the direction of the score's composer, Joseph Carl Breil. Our page on the Rialto: https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/11/rialto-theatre.html
The pre-opening photo is in the Los Angeles Public Library collection. See the comments for a photo of Quinn from the collection of Marlaine Wilson Hysell, Quinn's grand-daughter. The Rialto still features some original facade features and the marquee that was installed around 1930. The interior has been gutted and is now an Urban Outfitters store.
"García’s imprint is still palpable throughout the Inland Empire. Rialto Unified School District named the Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary School after him, which opened in 1994 and its mascot is coincidently a bear too, The Grizzlies. In an April 9, 2023 Twitter message school officials noted 'The RUSD regrets to share the passing of Dr. Ernest Garcia, namesake of Garcia Elementary School. Dr. Garcia was a trailblazer. Our thoughts & deepest condolences are with his wife, Dr. Dotti Garcia.'
Various community groups recognize García’s contributions, including UNIDOS, a Riverside-based Chicano Latino collective focused on supporting community growth. UNIDOS is a stout supporter of the arts, including the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture of the Riverside Art Museum (The Cheech) in downtown Riverside. Many of UNIDOS’s members are UCR alumni."
García, class of 1955, made positive impacts as an educator and as an arts lover.
A week from today!
Today's tour of Michael White's adobe, starting with its original location on Walnut Avenue, and then to its current location between Bud Bender Park and the Rialto Park Cemetery.
This coming Saturday!
Camp Cajon
An annual tradition returns in March!
So glad to finally have a meeting in the church basement again after three years of the pandemic closure, on a most beautiful Southern California winter's day! And thank you to Brian Montez for his history of the Rialto Unified School District!
TOMORROW!
Pacific Electric 1299 on Riverside Avenue in downtown Rialto, 1951, today 1299 sits in carbarn 4 at the Southern California Railway Museum.
http://www.erha.org/pe1299h.htm
Christmas Open House
Friday, December 3rd, 2021
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Light Refreshments and Musical Entertainment
One of our windows in the former First Christian Church sanctuary, a reproduction in glass of 's "Christ in Gethsemane".
A railfan charter on Riverside Avenue at Rialto Avenue in 1950, with City Hall visible behind.
If you were a time traveler ... wouldn't it be amazing to see the Inland Empire before urban sprawl, when Pacific Electric red cars rolled through eucalyptus trees and called on small town stations? Exhibit A: Cars 1221 & 1209 meeting in Rialto in the 1940s. This was the junction of the San Bernardino and Riverside lines on PE's Eastern District. (Photo by Harold Stewart)
At the corner of Riverside Ave. and Second St. in Rialto, California, you'll find what has been called "the best kept secret in Rialto." The cornerstone of the historical society is the old Christian Church. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the church, built in 1907, retains its ...
I was an atheist until I reached my 50s, and the most amazing experience of my entire life was to discover that ghosts are real. My ghostly encounters
205 N Riverside Avenue
Rialto, CA
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