Editing Redlands, California (section)

===Community===
At the turn of the 20th century, Redlands was the "Palm Springs" of the next century, with roses being planted along many city thoroughfares. Some of these plantings would survive as wild thickets into the 1970s, especially adjacent to orange groves where property management was lax. [[Washingtonia robusta|Washingtonia palms (''Washingtonia robusta'')]] were planted along many main avenues. So beautifully kept was the area, with the dramatic mountain backdrops, that for several years the Santa Fe Railroad operated excursion trains along the loop that passed through the orange groves of Redlands and [[Mentone, California|Mentone]], across the [[Santa Ana River]], and back into [[San Bernardino]] via East Highlands, Highlands and [[Patton, California|Patton]], and advertised as the "Kite Route" due to its multi-sided alignment. The trestle over "the Wash" north of Mentone was carried away during a flood in March 1938 and never replaced, the line being truncated there. The Southern Pacific branch line from the [[San Timoteo Canyon]] to [[Crafton, California|Crafton]] was abandoned after the downtown packing house business died. A thru-truss bridge over the ''Zanja'' (locally pronounced "san-kee") exists today, abandoned in place. [[Burlington Northern Santa Fe]], result of the [[AT&SF]]-[[Burlington Northern]] merger, applied to abandon its San Bernardino-connected branch line east of downtown Redlands in 2007, the last shippers at Crafton and Mentone having ceased operations. A move was made by transit activists beginning in the 1990s to have this branch revitalized as part of the Southern California transit districts, but it came to nothing for many years. After [[Metrolink (California)|Metrolink]] regional commuter rail became involved and funds secured, reconstruction began in 2019 and named [[Arrow (rail service)|Arrow]]. It was completed in 2022, a Metrolink branch from San Bernardino to end-of-track on the eastern side of town adjacent to the campus of the [[University of Redlands]]. 5 new stations with mostly local service to and from the [[San Bernardino Transit Center]] and one daily ride to Los Angeles [[Union Station (Los Angeles)|Union Station]].

The city has been visited by three [[President of the United States|U.S. Presidents]]: [[William McKinley]] was the first in 1901, followed by [[Theodore Roosevelt]] in 1903 and [[William Howard Taft]] in 1909. Local landmarks include the [[A.K. Smiley Public Library]], a [[Moorish Revival architecture|Moorish-style]] library built in 1898, and the [[Redlands Bowl]], built in 1930 and home of the oldest continuously free outdoor concert series in the United States. Located behind the Smiley Library is the Lincoln Shrine,<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Lincoln Memorial Shrine – A Lincoln Museum in Redlands, CA |url=http://www.lincolnshrine.org/ |website=www.lincolnshrine.org}}</ref> the only memorial honoring the "Great Emancipator", the sixteenth president [[Abraham Lincoln]], west of the [[Mississippi River]]. Famous homes include "America's Favorite Victorian," the [[Morey Mansion]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morey Mansion |url=http://www.moreymansion.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070105100630/http://www.moreymansion.com/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=January 5, 2007 |website=moreymansion.com}}</ref> on Terracina Boulevard, and the [[Kimberly Crest House and Gardens]], a home museum featured on the [[PBS]] series "America's Castles." Named after the family that purchased the house, the owners of [[Kimberly-Clark]] (makers of paper goods and [[Kleenex]]), it is a beautiful mansion set high on a hill overlooking the whole valley. Redlands is still regarded as the "Jewel of the Inland Empire."<ref name="ESRI: Redlands Brochure 2007">{{Cite web |title=ESRI: Redlands Brochure (2007) – |url=http://www.esri.com/library/brochures/pdfs/redlands_guide.pdf |access-date=January 5, 2007}}</ref>

In the mid-late 20th Century, Redlands was home to various light manufacturing firms, and became a bedroom community for the military personnel and contractor employees of the aerospace industry that supported missions at [[Norton Air Force Base]], as well as the [[Lockheed Propulsion Company]] plant in [[Mentone, California|Mentone]]. In 1989, Norton Air Force Base was placed on the Department of Defense closure list. Norton Air Force Base closed in 1994–1995 and the population dropped in the area, with a mild local economic [[recession]] occurring due to the closure in the area. The former Air Force Base is now the home of the San Bernardino International Airport and a variety of other business concerns also utilize the space.<ref>[[Norton Air Force Base]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=June 2019}} [[Jack Dangermond]] established [[Esri]] in 1969, a local software company. By the year 2000, he was the largest employer in Redlands.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/esri-named-forbes-best-midsize-135100557.html |title=Esri Named on Forbes Best Midsize Employers List |access-date=June 8, 2018 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142136/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/esri-named-forbes-best-midsize-135100557.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>