1885 The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad reaches San Bernardino. [Source:
California by Kevin Starr.]
1886 The completion of the Santa Fe Railroad leads to a price war, lowering the cost of a rail trip from the Mid West to the West Coast to as low as $1 per person.
1887 The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad reaches Los Angeles. [Source:
California by Kevin Starr.]Occidental College and Pomona College opened. [Source:
California by Kevin Starr.]
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Lux v. Haggin, modifies the doctrine of riparian rites within the State of California. [Source:
California by Kevin Starr.]
1889 Orange County is established by an act of the California State Legislature from a southeastern section of Los Angeles County.
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On Sept. 25, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Camp Pendleton as part of a 12,000-mile military inspection trip and dedicated the new base, which was to be the Marine Corps’ largest West Coast training facility.
Retired 1st Sgt. John Farritor, 98, remembers that day and the day a few weeks earlier when he first marched onto the base north of Oceanside.
Farritor, of Vista, is among area Marines who are celebrating the base’s 75th anniversary with tours and get-togethers, but he is perhaps the only one coming back on base who was there when the base opened.
1st. Sgt. John Farritor in his apartment. (U-T file photo)