On East Arrow Highway at North Orange Grove Avenue, on the right when traveling west on East Arrow Highway.
Completed about 1854 and restored in 1939, this was the family home of Don Ygnacio Palomares, who with Don Ricardo Vejar was granted Rancho San José in 1837 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado. — — Map (db m128910) HM
On McKinley Avenue 0.5 miles east of Fairplex Drive.
Julius Caesar's reign over Rome was
approaching its dramatic end (44 BCE),
when this giant sequoia sprouted - the
tree providing this magnificent round.
Until felled in Tulare County by a windstorm
in 1961, this massive tree, nicknamed . . . — — Map (db m218620) HM
Near Old Settlers Lane south of Hacienda Place, on the right when traveling south.
Built about 1840 by Ygnacio Alvarado.
Chapel served by San Gabriel Mission.
Pomona's first public school.
Dr. B. S. Nichols family home 1886-1951.
1951, Alfonso B. Fages home. — — Map (db m128914) HM
For the people called "lookouts," life in a tower offered
challenges beyond being responsible for detecting fire. It
meant coping with confinement, few furnishings, long
hours and dangerous weather conditions.
During a storm, lightning . . . — — Map (db m272352) HM
Built originally in 1925 for Will Keith Kellogg
as his winter home for the Kellogg Family
on the site of his Arabian Horse Ranch.
Donated to the State of California by the
W.K. Kellogg Foundation in October 1949
to benefit the . . . — — Map (db m260044) HM
On Park Avenue at McKinley Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Park Avenue.
The first adobe home of Ygnacio Palomares and wife
Concepcion Lopez, the oldest house in the Pomona Valley, was built in 1837. It originally consisted of two rooms with a viga-latilla branch roof and packed mud floor. The Palomares family lived . . . — — Map (db m128911) HM
Near North Park Avenue at West McKinley Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Dedicated to the families of Ygnacio Palomares
Builder of this house and
Ricardo Vejar grantees of Rancho San Jose in 1837 first settlers of Pomona Valley — — Map (db m159632) HM
Near McKinley Avenue 0.5 miles east of Fairplex Drive.
Dedicated
September 19, 1994,
in honor of Millard Sheets,
who dedicated 25 years
of service to
the Los Angeles County Fair as
director of Fine Arts
from 1931 to 1956.
Through his life-long efforts
and enthusiasm, Sheets, an
internationally . . . — — Map (db m218586) HM
On Pomona Boulevard at Pioneer Place, on the left when traveling west on Pomona Boulevard.
Wealthy landowner, businessman, and Los Angeles county leader Louis Phillips purchased the Rancho San Jose in 1866. The land was originally owned by the Vejar family and encompassed much of what is now known as the Pomona Valley. Louis and his . . . — — Map (db m170415) HM
On McKinley Avenue at Canyon Way, on the right when traveling west on McKinley Avenue.
The Los Angeles County Fairgrounds was one of 15 temporary assembly centers established during World War II pursuant to Executive Order 9066, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942.
The U S. Army confined at this site . . . — — Map (db m165492) HM
A Brief History of this Engine
Hudson type locomotive 3450 was presented to the Chapter
Railway. Designed for high speed passenger service, 3450
was the first of ten similar 4-6-4 locomotives built for Santa
Fe in 1927 at a . . . — — Map (db m272977) HM
A Brief History
of this Station
The Santa Fe station from Arcadia, California was built in
1887 and is a classic example of the architecture of that
time period. It was first located at First Street and St. Joseph,
south of the . . . — — Map (db m272975) HM
The steam locomotive is a complex piece of engineering that has been
developed over the past 2000 years. The first steam engine, described
in the 1st Century, was a simple turbine that spun when
heated. Later inventors used steam to push . . . — — Map (db m272978) HM
On Kellogg Drive south of the San Bernardino Freeway (Interstate 10), on the left when traveling south.
Believing that education offers the greatest
opportunity for really improving one generation
over another, W.K. Kellogg gave his Arabian
Horse ranch to the state of California for this
Cal Poly campus in 1949. The Arabian herd . . . — — Map (db m260045) HM
