66o HISTORY OF PASADENA. 



her school in this building on Januar}^ 28, 1875. It had been closed since 

 October, for want of room, there being twenty pupils enrolled. 



The first sermon ever preached in Pasadena was in this new school- 

 house, the very first Sunday that it was in condition to be used, February 

 7, 1875, by Rev. W. C. Mosher, Presbyterian. The next Sunday, February 

 14, Rev. Solomon Dunton, Methodist, preached there; and at this time a 

 Union Sunday school was organized, with Daniel Pike as superintendent. 

 Also a Union prayer meeting was established there, on this Sunday or the 

 next, as a regular Sunday assemblage. 



The first church organized in Pasadena was the First Presbyterian, on 

 March 21, 1875, with Rev. W. C. Mosher as pastor. The first administra- 

 tration of the lyord's Supper was on April 4, conducted by Rev. A. F. 

 White, D. D., of Los Angeles, and Mr. Mosher; and at this time Dr. H. G. 

 Newton and Wm. T. Clapp were duly installed as the first ruling elders. 



The first marriage in the colony was that of Charles H. Watts and 

 Miss Millie lyocke, daughter of Major Erie lyocke, March 12, 1875. They 

 now reside at or near Downe}^, Cal. 



The first store in the colony was started in 1875, by M. Rosenbaum, in 

 a small rough-board building which he had erected on west side of Orange 

 Grove Avenue below Colorado street, where Dr. John W. Wood's neat cot- 

 tage now stands. But on account of liquor being sold here, against which 

 the colonists most vigorously protested, the store was soon given up, and 

 the building rented for a Chinese wash-house ; and so this and there was 

 the first Chinese business started in Pasadena. 



The first horticultural society in Southern California was organized by 

 the Pasadena colonists, early in 1875. ^^ was called " Fruit Growers' Associa- 

 tion," and met fortnightly in the school-house, to talk over experiences, 

 compare notes, report progress, quote authorities, and discuss all matters 

 pertaining to their new business ; for they had started a fruit colony, al- 

 though there was not an experienced horticulturist among them. 



The first civil officer in Pasadena was I. N. Mundell, who was ap- 

 pointed road overseer in 1875. His jurisdiction extended from the Arroyo 

 Seco eastward to Santa Anita canyon, and from the north line of Los An- 

 geles to the mountains. He first opened or worked the "adobe road" to 

 Los Angeles, and several others within the district. 



The first postmaster appointed was Josiah Locke, March 15, 1875 ; but 

 he declined to serve, and no office was opened until Henry T. Hollingsworth 

 was made postmaster, September 21, 1876. [See page 234.] 



The first barber chair in Pasadena was established during the winter of 

 1876-77, by Albert S. Hollingsworth, He was a great joker; and the colony 

 wags made his shop their loafing place, to spin yarns, play oif jokes, or put 

 ridiculous waggish stories in circulation "just for fun," which sometimes 

 became a real grievance to innocent parties. It was said that Albert learned 

 his trade practicing on his brother Henry, the young postmaster. 



