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The city of Claremont was first mapped out by developers in a land boom precipitated by the arrival of transcontinental railroads to Southern California. [18] It was likely named after Claremont, New Hampshire. [19] The early history of the city was closely tied to that of Pomona College, which moved there in 1889. [20]
It is located at the intersection of South Mills Avenue and East Cucamonga Avenue in Claremont, California. Although the street addresses are in Claremont, portions of many of the parcels in the district lie within the city of Montclair in San Bernardino County. [3] The historic district was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in ...
An early twentieth century map showing the former Tongva village called "Indian Hill" (top right). [1]Torojoatngna ("the place below Joat" or "the place below snowy mountain") [2] was a Tongva village located in what is now Claremont, California.
Although originating as a small community theater featuring the Claremont Community Players in the hills of Claremont in southern California, by the depression years Padua Hills featured dinner theatre by the "Mexican Players." The group presented plays, songs, and dances for theatre patrons from 1931 to 1974.
City of Claremont — in the Pomona Valley and eastern San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles County, California. The main article for this category is Claremont, California . Subcategories
The Claremont Colleges (known colloquially as the 7Cs) are a consortium of seven private institutions of higher education located in Claremont, California, United States.They comprise five undergraduate colleges (the 5Cs)—Pomona College, Scripps College, Claremont McKenna College (CMC), Harvey Mudd College, and Pitzer College—and two graduate schools—Claremont Graduate University (CGU ...
The main thoroughfares are Claremont and Ashby Avenues. The name "Claremont" was adopted December 20, 1879, at a meeting convened by a real estate developer and local resident, Grant Taggert. [1] Within a year or so of this, the name of the main thoroughfare was changed from Telegraph Road to Claremont Avenue.
The Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology is a paleontology museum in Claremont, California, that is part of The Webb Schools. It is the only nationally accredited museum on a secondary school campus in the United States. [1] The museum has two circular 4,000 sq. ft. exhibition halls and 20,000 unique annual visitors.