Editing San Dimas, California (section)

==History==
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[[File:SanDimas-1915.jpg|thumb|left|San Dimas, 1915]]
[[Tongva|Tongva Indians]] occupied the area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lacountylibrary.org/sandimas-local-history/|title=Community History}}</ref>

The first known European exploration of the area was in 1774, when [[Juan Bautista de Anza]] passed through on the first overland expedition of [[Las Californias]], from [[New Spain]]-Mexico towards [[Monterey Bay]].  The area was originally developed in 1837 with the [[Ranchos of California|Mexican land grant]] from Governor [[Juan Bautista Alvarado]] to [[Ygnacio Palomares]] and [[Ricardo Vejar]] for the [[Rancho San Jose (Palomares)|Rancho San Jose]], then in [[Alta California]].<ref>Ogden Hoffman, 1862, ''Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California'', Numa Hubert, San Francisco</ref> It later became known as La Cienega Mud Springs, so named because of local mud [[Spring (hydrosphere)|spring]]s that created a [[riparian]] [[marsh]] and healing place.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lacountylibrary.org/sandimas-local-history/|title=LA County Library|website=LA County Library|accessdate=February 21, 2024}}</ref>  Palomares and Vejar conducted sheep and cattle operations on Rancho San Jose, also growing crops for consumption by the residents of the rancho.  In the early 1860s, a severe drought decimated the ranch's population of sheep and cattle.  Ygnacio Palomares died in 1864, and his widow began selling the ranch land in 1865.  Vejar lost his share by [[foreclosure]] to two Los Angeles merchants, Isaac Schlesinger and Hyman Tischler, in 1864.  In 1866, Schlesinger and Tischler sold the ranch to [[Louis Phillips (rancher)|Louis Phillips]].<ref>James Miller Guinn, 1915,''A history of California and an extended history of Los Angeles and environs''</ref>

The arrival of the [[Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad]] in 1887, later purchased by [[Santa Fe Railroad]],  led to La Cienega Mud Springs being first mapped.<ref>"The Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad." by Hoyt, Franklyn., Pacific Historical Review 20 (August 1951): 227–239</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/historyofpomonav00hist/historyofpomonav00hist_djvu.txt|title=Full text of "History of Pomona Valley, California, with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the valley who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present .."|work=archive.org|year=1920}}</ref> The ensuing land boom resulted in the formation of the San Jose Ranch Company, which first laid out streets.  Small businesses began to open soon thereafter, and the city took on a new name: [[Penitent thief|San Dimas]]. Growth was rapid, and San Dimas soon became an agricultural community. [[Wheat]] and other [[Midwestern United States]] crops were planted first; then [[Orange (fruit)|orange]] and [[lemon]] [[orchard|grove]]s covered the town and the San Gabriel Valley. At one time, four citrus [[packing house]]s and a [[marmalade]] factory were located in San Dimas. The [[Sunkist Growers, Incorporated|Sunkist]] name originated here, first spelled "Sunkissed".<ref name="route66ca.org"/> Oranges were the major crop and business in San Dimas until the mid-20th century.

San Dimas incorporated as a city in 1960, and is now known for its Western art, small-town feel, and [[Equestrianism|equestrian]] qualities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.colapublib.org/history/sandimas/|title=San Dimas: Community History in Words and Pictures – County of Los Angeles Public Library|work=colapublib.org}}</ref><ref>Glauthier, Martha. The History of San Dimas, California. San Dimas, CA: The San Dimas Historical Society, 1997.</ref> In the 1990s, San Dimas was also host to the Miss Rodeo California State Pageant,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://missrodeocalifornia.com/|title=Miss Rodeo California|website=Miss Rodeo California|access-date=March 23, 2018}}</ref> run by A. F. "Shorty" Feldbush and various other city volunteers. The week-long pageant was held in conjunction with the city's Western Days and Rodeo, until the pageant moved to its new home in central California.

In 1971, the San Dimas Golf Course was purchased. In 1972, San Dimas Community Hospital opened its 92-bed facility.  In 1981, the San Dimas Swim and Racquet Club was built next to [[San Dimas High School]], according to the San Dimas Historical Society.