Editing Pomona, California (section)

===Spadra===
[[File:Spadra California Stagecoach Stop Hotel Tavern.jpg|thumb|Rubottom's Hotel and stagecoach station at Spadra, 1867]]
[[File:Phillips Mansion, Pomona 1.jpg|thumb|[[Louis Phillips (rancher)|Louis Phillips]]'s 1875 [[Second Empire architecture|Second Empire-style]] mansion at the site of the town of Spadra]]

Phillips sold a parcel of his land to William "Uncle Billy" Rubottom, in 1866 who founded a new town there and named it Spadra after his hometown, now part of [[Clarksville, Arkansas]]. The site of Spadra is {{convert|3|mi|km}} west of the Pomona Station along Pomona Blvd. just east of the [[California State Route 57|57 (Orange) Freeway]]. Spadra became a stagecoach stop, Rubottom built the Spadra Hotel and Tavern to serve travelers, and by 1870, Spadra had 400–500 residents, three stores, a school, and a post office. In 1873, Phillips convinced the [[Southern Pacific Railroad]] to build a line to Spadra. Phillips thought Spadra would become a great town, and built his [[Phillips Mansion]] there in 1875, which together with the [[Spadra Cemetery]] are the only two remnants of the town that still exist today. [[Fullerton, California|Fullerton]]'s Main north–south road was named Spadra Road for its first 75 years, as long before the 57 Freeway it was the road through [[Brea Canyon]] to Spadra, and was later renamed [[Harbor Boulevard]]. The Southern Pacific Railroad had a terminus at Spadra, but the line was extended east to [[Colton, California|Colton]], and Spadra lost momentum. In 1964, the area was annexed by Pomona.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.ocregister.com/spadra-road-a-lot-of-history-in-a-name|publisher=Orange County Register|title=Spadra Road: a lot of history in a name| last=Jerome| first=David| date=February 14, 2019}}</ref><ref>[https://la.curbed.com/2017/4/6/15171016/phillips-mansion-spadra-pomona-valley-history Hadley Meares, "Phillips Mansion: The deserted hub of a lost California town: The grand brick estate was home to one of the founding fathers of the rough-and-tumble pueblo of Spadra"], ''L. A. [[Curbed]]'', April 6, 2017</ref>