Editing Pasadena, California (section)

===American era===
The last of the Mexican owners of Rancho del Rincon de San Pascual was [[Manuel Garfias]],<ref name="city" /> who retained title to the property through the [[Conquest of California|American conquest of California]] in 1848 and statehood in 1850. Garfias sold sections of the property to the first Anglo settlers to come into the area: [[Benjamin S. Eaton|Dr. Benjamin Eaton]], the father of [[Frederick Eaton|Fred Eaton]]; and Dr. S. Griffin. Much of the property was purchased by [[Benjamin Davis Wilson|Benjamin Wilson]], who established his [[Rancho Huerta de Cuati|Lake Vineyard]] property in the vicinity. Wilson, known as Don Benito to the local Indians,<ref name="city"/> also owned the [[Rancho Jurupa]] ([[Riverside, California]]) and was [[Mayor of Los Angeles, California|mayor of Los Angeles]]. He was the grandfather of WWII General [[George S. Patton, Jr.]] and the namesake of [[Mount Wilson (California)|Mount Wilson]].
[[File:Pasadena panoramic view looking northeast toward mountains, ca.1898-1900 (CHS-274) (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|View of Pasadena c. 1898]]
In 1873, Wilson was visited by Dr. Daniel M. Berry of Indiana, who was looking for a place in the country that could offer a mild climate for his patients, most of whom suffered from respiratory ailments. Berry, an asthmatic, concluded that he had his best three nights' sleep at Rancho San Pascual.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Water and Power Associates |url=https://waterandpower.org/museum/Early_Views_of_Pasadena_1_of_8.html |access-date=June 15, 2023 |website=waterandpower.org |archive-date=May 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501212448/https://waterandpower.org/museum/Early_Views_of_Pasadena_1_of_8.html |url-status=live }}</ref> To keep the find a secret, Berry code-named the area "Muscat" after the grape that Wilson grew. To raise funds to bring the company of people to San Pascual, Berry formed the Southern California Orange and Citrus Growers Association and sold stock in it.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Genealogical Intersection - Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California |url=https://sites.rootsweb.com/~rdrunner/web_data/pi827.htm |access-date=June 15, 2023 |website=sites.rootsweb.com |archive-date=June 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230615235513/https://sites.rootsweb.com/~rdrunner/web_data/pi827.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The newcomers were able to purchase a large portion of the property along the Arroyo Seco and on January 31, 1874, they incorporated the [[Indiana Colony]]. As a gesture of good will, Wilson added {{convert|2000|acre|km2|0}} of then-useless highland property, part of which would become [[Altadena, California|Altadena]]. [[Pasadena Republican Club#History|Colonel Jabez Banbury]] opened the first school on South Orange Grove Avenue. Banbury had twin daughters, named Jennie and Jessie. The two became the first students to attend Pasadena's first school on Orange Grove.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://waterandpower.org/museum/Early_Views_of_Pasadena.html |title=Water and Power Associates |website=waterandpower.org |access-date=May 15, 2022 |archive-date=August 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806100743/https://waterandpower.org/museum/Early_Views_of_Pasadena.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

At the time, the Indiana Colony was a narrow strip of land between the Arroyo Seco and [[Fair Oaks Avenue]]. On the other side of the street was Wilson's Lake Vineyard development.<ref name="National Register">{{Cite web |url=http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/pages/1054/files/late%2019th%20early%2020th%20century%20architecture%20in%20pasadena%20.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221010/http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/pages/1054/files/late%2019th%20early%2020th%20century%20architecture%20in%20pasadena%20.pdf |archive-date=October 10, 2022 |url-status=live |title=National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form }}</ref> After more than a decade of parallel development on both sides, the two settlements merged into the City of Pasadena.<ref name="National Register" />