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The San Bernardino Valley was originally inhabited by Californian Native Americans, including the Serrano, Cahuilla, and Tongva tribes. The Mohave Trail, a trade route from the Mohave villages on the Colorado River that crossed the Mojave Desert from spring to spring and then followed the Mojave River upstream, entered the valley from the slopes of Monument Peak in the San Bernardino Mountains.
San Bernardino (/ ˌ s æ n ˌ b ɜːr n ə ˈ d iː n oʊ / ⓘ SAN BUR-nə-DEE-noh) is a city in and the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States.Located in the Inland Empire region of Southern California, the city had a population of 222,101 in the 2020 census, [8] making it the 18th-largest city in California.
1902 – San Bernardino Valley Traction Company forms to operate electric trolleys in and between Colton, San Bernardino, Redlands and Highland. 1905 – San Bernardino passes its first Charter. Harris Company opens inside a small dry goods store. It becomes a small regional department store until it merges with Gottschalks in the 1990s.
On May 20, the Feast Day of Bernardino of Siena, Dumetz named the San Bernardino Valley. This name was applied to San Bernardino Peak by 1835, and was in wide use for the entire range by 1849. [32] In 1819, San Bernardino de Sena Estancia was created near present-day San Bernardino as an outpost of nearby Mission San Gabriel Arcángel.
View of the San Bernardino Valley from the San Bernardino Mountains. The Santa Ana Mountains are visible in the distance. Unlike most metropolitan areas that have grown up around a central city, the Inland Empire has two main focus cities, Riverside and San Bernardino. Other major cities in the region include Rancho Cucamonga, Ontario, and Corona.
Urbita Springs pictured in Out West magazine, 1908. The hot water was believed to come from 600 feet (180 m) below ground. [8] According to an U.S. government survey of California springs first published in 1915, "About 1 mile south of San Bernardino a recreation park known as Urbita Hot Springs has been built about a group of artesian wells that yield thermal water.
San Bernardino County (/ s æ n ˌ b ɜːr n ə ˈ d iː n oʊ / ⓘ SAN BUR-nə-DEE-noh), officially the County of San Bernardino and sometimes abbreviated as S.B. County, [8] is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California, and is located within the Inland Empire area.
S. Sacramento Valley; Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta; Salinas Valley; San Bernardino Valley; Regions of the San Diego metropolitan area; San Francisco Bay Area