I08 HISTORY OF PASADENA. 



State, etc., and on December 13. 1873, the "San Gabriel Orange Grove As- 

 sociation " first breathed the breath of full legal existence. Its first Board 

 of Directors were B. S. Eaton, A. O. Porter, D. M. Berry, Thomas F. 

 Croft, W. T. Clapp, A. O. Bristol, Calvin Fletcher : and they elected Raton 

 for president, Croft vice president, Clapp treasurer, Berry secretary. 



In an article written by Hon. P. M. Green for the Farnsworth pamphlet 

 published in 1883, he says . 



"The Association purchased in December, 1873, the interest of Dr. J.- 

 S. Griffin in the San Pasqual Ranch, consisting of about 4,000 acres of land, 

 and their Civil Engineer, N. R. Gibson,* was directed, under the efficient 

 supervision of Calvin Fletcher, to subdivide 1,500 acres of the choicest part 

 of the land into tracts, varying in size from fifteen to sixty acres, for distri- 

 bution among the stockholders. In this work ample provision was made 

 for parks, wide and convenient .streets, and sites for school-houses and reser- 

 voirs. The plan for parks was subsequently abandoned on account of the 

 garden-like appearance which the entire place assumed. Active work was 

 also begun in carrying the water from its source near the mountains, by a 

 system of iron pipes, to each subdivision and to within a short distance of 

 every man's door. 



' ' The work of the engineer in subdividing the lands having been com- 

 pleted, the stockholders met on the 27th day of January, 1874, and by 

 mutual agreement each made his selection of a tract proportionate to his in- 

 terest in the corporation and suited to his taste and judgment. And such 

 was the diversity of soil, location, and topography of the land that each of 

 the then twenty-seven stockholders was able to secure his own choice with- 

 out conflict with the choice, of any other stockholder. The chief instrument 

 in bringing about this happy consummation was Calvin Fletcher, a resident 

 of Indiana, who was then temporarily residing in Los Angeles." 



Mr. Fletcher gave his valuable services in the matter gratuitously, for 

 which the settlers were very thankful. He was himself the largest share- 

 holder, yet he voluntarily took his choice of land last, saying, " Any of it 

 is good enough for me!" and chose 180 acres in the vicinity of South Pasa- 

 dena ; and afterward purchased sixty acres more from the Ward Leavitt 

 place. 



THE ORIGINAL COLONY FARMS. 



From a careful inspection of Secretary Berry's records and the original 

 colony map preserved in the Pasadena ly. & W. Company's office, I have 

 compiled the following schedule of names, acres, and location of land select- 

 ed by the several colonists on that memorable and historic day, January 27, 

 1874. One share equaled fifteen acres, and it had been agreed that the one- 

 share and two-share men might first take their choice out of all the lands. 



J. H. Baker, fifteen acres. Fair Oaks to Vernon Avenue, and Walnut 

 to Mary street — now known as the Mosher Tract. The Christian church 



♦Hon. P. M. Green, A. O. Bristol and W. T. Clapp served as chain men in this surveying work. 

 They were all living in Los Angeles— Mr. Fletcher at the Pico house and Mr. Bristol's buckskin ponies 



hrolltrht the tiartv (int everv iiiririiino* nnH Titjr'lr at tiiohf 



brought the party out every morning and back at night 



