By the time Claremont was settled, Indians, who used to live here were on the Morongo Indian Reservation in Riverside County. Since most Indians who lived there were Cahuilla, early residents of Claremont believed that the name of the Indians who . . . — — Map (db m151621) HM
Claremont's municipal offices have occupied one or more of the buildings at this location
since 1925. City officials have made several decisions over the years to keep City Hall in
the Village in order to help protect the vitality of the Village . . . — — Map (db m149814) HM
In 1916 the city purchased the land for this first city park
with $5,000 in bond money. Originally called Triangle Park,
this land was owned by Helen Renwick, a local community
leader. It was not developed into a park site until 1926 when
funds . . . — — Map (db m149837) HM
Once an orange grove and home of the Herman and Bess Garner
family, this site was purchased in 1946 to serve as the city's first
community park. The Garners were business and educational leaders
and owners of the Padua Hills Theatre. The citizens . . . — — Map (db m149926) HM
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad and its subsidiary, the Pacific
Land Improvement Company, founded the town of Claremont in 1887. The
railroad's original wooden, Gothic depot was replaced by this Spanish
Colonial Revival structure in . . . — — Map (db m149721) HM
