362 HISTORY OF PASADENA. 



ward to about the junction of Hill Avenue and California street ; this new, 

 straight north-and-south avenue was therefore on land from that ranch, and 

 hence its name. What is now known as the Santa Anita ranch, or " lyUcky 

 Baldwin's " place, is only a fraction of the original body of land covered by 

 that Spanish title; but Baldwin still holds the old name. 



Shorb Avenue, — Opened and named by Hon. J. DeBarth Shorb. 

 Si. John Avenue. — Opened by James Cambell, and named after Kx-Gov. 

 John P. St. John of Kansas, the prohibition candidate for president in 1884. 

 Mr. Cambell and his wife were much devoted to the cause of state and 

 national prohibition, and thus testified their regard for the great leader of 

 that cause. 



Simtmit Avenue. — First opened by Stephen To wnsend, in 1886, and so 

 named because it lay along the summit of a ridge at his place between Fair 

 Oaks and Marengo Avenues. 



Terrace Drive. — First opened by Hannah R. Arnold, Delos Arnold, 

 Mary A. Bartlett and Dr. O. H. Conger. They named it Terrace Drive 

 because it was cut along the hill slope in terrace fashion. 



Union Street. — Opened in November, 1883, by R. Williams, Thomas 

 O'Hara and Wesley Bunnell, and named Union street because they "united" 

 in opening it. At this time it onl}^ extended from Fair Oaks Avenue east to 

 lyittle Avenue. Of course there was then no Raymond Avenue nor railroad. 



Valley Street. — Opened by S. Washburn and J. H. Baker, in 1884-5. 

 At this time the word " valley " was much in vogue. Pasadena was rapidly 

 winning fame as the "crown of the valley" ; the local paper was called 

 ' ' Valley Union ' ' ; the San Gabriel Valley Railroad [now Santa Fe route] 

 was then struggling with difficulties and pushing its way forward, Mr. 

 Washburn being its treasurer and one of its three chief promoters. So he 

 named his new street Valley street. 



Villa Street. — Opened by Hon. B. D. Wilson, and named from the 

 "Sierra Madre Villa " hotel, which was at that time the most noted hostelry 

 and invalid tourist resort in all this region of country. And this street was 

 expected to become the direct route from Pasadena to that place ; but it was 

 too sandy, and Colorado street gained and held the preference for travel. 



Vineyard Street. — Opened by P. G. Wooster, and named from Martha's 

 Vineyard, Ma.ss., his wife's childhood home. 



Wallis Street. — Opened and named by Henry A. Wallis, who owned 

 the land and lived there. 



Waverly Drive. — Opened by James Smith, in 1885, and named from Sir 

 Walter Scott's "Waverly " novels, 



Wilson Avenue. — Opened by Hon. B. D. Wilson in his I^ake Vineyard 

 Colony tract, in 1876, and given his own name. 



VVino7ia Avemce. — Opened and named by Wm. Heiss, of Heiss Bros., 

 clothing merchants, in 1887. ^^^ family formerly resided in Minnesota, 



