DIVISION FIVE — NAMES. 355 



Craig Avenue. — This was laid out when the Grogan tract was sur- 

 veyed for subdivision, in 1876, and named for James Craig, an Englishman 

 who came here in 1869 as agent for Mr. Grogan of San Francisco, and 

 bought from Griffin and Wilson 5,000 acres of land without any water right 

 attached. This land became historic as the "Grogan Tract," and Mr. 

 Craig acquired 150 acres of it himself, building a home there which he 

 called "The Hermitage." This Mr. Craig made the first brave, strong 

 effort to secure artesian water in Pasadena, sinking a well with that object 

 490 feet deep, on East Villa street, but which never outflowed a drop. 



Dayton Street. — Opened by J. H. Baker, in 1884, and named in 

 commeration of his wife's birthplace, Dayton, Ohio. 



Delmar Street. — Opened in 1885, by Will Defriez and his mother 

 Mrs. Susan A. Defriez. It was named from Delmar Avenue, St. Eouis, their 

 former home ; and in St. Louis it was an old French family name. 



DeLacy Street. — First opened by Alex. F. Mills, in 1884, and named 

 after his father-in-law, R. W. Lacy. Mr. Lacy's original family name had 

 the French form, DeLacy, but his father had dropped the De, and in naming 

 his street Mr. Mills used the old original family name. 



Douglas Street. — Opened by a land syndicate under the manage- 

 ment of Dr. Lyman Allen, in 1887. A Mrs. Flynn and her sister were 

 large shareholders, and the street was named after Mrs. Flynn's son, 

 Douglas. 



Eldorado Street. — Opened by Justus Brockway, in 1886, and named 

 from Eldorado county, Cal. , where he had formerly resided. 



Elevado Drive. — This street was first opened by Charles R. Foote, in 

 October, 1886, and named Berkshire street, in memory of his old home, 

 Berkshire county, Massachusetts. The real estate firm of D. Galbraith and 

 G. Roscoe Thomas then bought Mr. Foote's land, divided it up into smaller 

 lots and pushed their sale. But they said, "In all the country west of New 

 York the name Berkshire is so thoroughly identified with a certain favorite 

 breed of hogs that everybody who sees the name of this street will at once 

 think 'hog!' and we don't want people to think hog on our street." So 

 they changed the name to "Elevado," which is Spanish for elevated, or 

 " 'way up " — but whether this applied most to the upness of the lots or the 

 upness of the prices, history fails to tell. 



Esther Street. — Opened by L. H. Michener, in 1886, and named 

 after his wife, Esther Painter, daughter of John H. Painter. 



Euclid Avenue. — First opened by C. M. Skillen, who came here from 

 Ohio in 1880, and named his new street after the famous Euclid Avenue of 

 Cleveland, Ohio. This was in September, 1885. 



Fair Oaks Ave?iue. — When the original San Gabriel Orange Grove 

 Association's colony lands were platted, this street formed their east bound- 

 ary, and was named after the " Fair Oaks" farm (then owned by Judge 



