DIVISION TEN — MISCELLANEOUS. 66l 



The first death in the colony was that of Wm. Green Porter, aged 8 

 years, June 13, 1876 — son of A. O. Porter. The next death was a 4-year 

 old son of James Blatenburg, January 20, iSWj. The third was the son of • f^ i 7 

 Col. Banbury, September 4, 1877. [See page 234.] The first death of an 

 adult was that of Bartlett Cobb, July 13, 1878, step-brother-in-law to Mrs. 

 Col. Banbury. 



The first double wedding took place February i, 1887, when J. H. 

 GifFord and Samuel S. Page were married at the same time to daughters of 

 John W. Wilson, by the Methodist pastor, Rev. Chas. Shelling. Giflford 

 now lives at Los Angeles, and Page at Alhambra. 



The first " house afire " was the burning down of Thomas Banbury's 

 house, at Marengo Avenue and Glenarm corner, in 1878. 



The first regular real estate office and business was opened by T. P. 

 Lukens, in 1880; and during the first three years he sold upwards of $225,- 

 000 worth of Pasadena property. Now president Pasadena National Bank. 



In February, 1882, the first thoroughbred poultry yard in Pasadena 

 was started by Ed. C. Clapp, with Light Bramahs. He still sticks to his 

 original text in chickendoxy. 



The first brass band was organized in 1882, with 15 members, and was 

 allowed the use of the central school house for evening practice, at first. In 

 speaking of it the Union of May i, 1885, says : 



"The members now are as follows: Frank Newlan, (leader) solo 

 cornet. Hancock Banning, ist cornet. George Woodbury, 2d cornet. 

 Will Clapp, solo alto. Al. Howe, ist alto. Carl Freese, 2nd tenor. George 

 Eaton, bass. John Lowe, baritone. Lou. Winder, bass drum. Charles 

 Clapp, snare drum. Prof. Scovill, Los Angeles, teacher. Three years ago 

 it was undertaken, and of its then fifteen or sixteen members the majority 

 have fallen by the way. During that time they had met in the school house, 

 and in a blacksmith shop, and one winter in a tent. Some had walked three or 

 four miles to rehearse; yet in the face of these difficulties their teacher com- 

 plimented them with assurance that only one band in Los Angeles could 

 take up a piece of new music and play it equal with them." 



The first photograph artist here was George Weingarth, in 1882. He 

 took the Pasadena views printed in the Farnsworth pamphlet of 1883, in- 

 cluding the one on page 167 in this volume. In 1884 Thomas G. Norton 

 opened a photograph gallery, but he died in '85. 



The first telephone in Pasadena was put up in Williams's store in 

 December, 1882. Wesley Bunnell was the first person who ever talked by 

 wire from this town — and the historic first words thus spoken were "^ He 

 isn't here.'' The workman had just got the 'phone in and stepped out to 

 fix something about the pole wires, when the bell was rung from Los Ang- 

 geles, and inquiry made for the said workman. Bunnell was clerk in the 

 store, and he went to the 'phone and answered as above. 



The first bicycle ever rode in Pasadena was in 1882, by Will Hisey — 



