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HISTORY OF PASADENA. 



THE WHITESIDERS. 



The Pasadena Union of NovemBer 27, 1886, contained this report: 

 ' ' On Thanksgiving Day a company of our residents who came from 

 Whiteside county, Illinois, enjoyed a picnic at the Wilson Grove. After 

 assembling at the grove T. A. Smith called the meeting to order, and acted 

 as temporary chairman on the temporary organization of an Association of 

 the Whitesiders. T. P. Lukens was chosen chairman of a committee to 

 effect such an organization, with C. G. Jones as secretary. Those present 

 from Whiteside county were : Dr. Utley, John Suavely, T. P. Lukens and 

 family, Frank Smith and wife, John Gait and daughter, Mr. Bressler and 

 wife, George Jones, W. H. Griffin and wife, S. H. Kingery and wife, I. N. 

 Van Horn and family, T. A. Smith and wife, C. W. Roberts and wife, Geo. 

 Dunmore and family, C. C. Bunnell and wife, Wesley Bunnell and wife, 

 Seraphina DeGroff and son, F. M. Smith and wife, Charles Worrell and 

 wife, J. E. Church and wife, Mrs. Greer and son, A. E. Cochrane and wife, 

 Mrs. Kate Brooks, James J. Daily and family, John Daily, James Daily, Jr., 

 Wm. Burdick, Miss Carrie Roberts, Miss Aggie Smith, Clarence Bunnell, 

 C. G. Jones, I. B. Worrell, Mrs. E. R. Worrell, Albert Phelps and wife, 

 Mrs. Worth and Ed. Doty. From sixty to seventy-five in the group w^ere 

 photographed by E. S. Frost & Son." 



PASADENIANS FROM IOWA. 



January i, 1887, the lowans held a picnic at Eive Oak Park [now called 

 Lincoln Park] and formed a sort of organization by choosing Hon. Delos 

 Arnold, president; B. F. Ball, vice-president, H. J. Vail, secretary ; C. C. 

 Thompson, treasurer. A total of 408 lowans were reported as now residents 

 of Pasadena and immediate vicinity, being in numbers from different counties 

 as follows : 



From Bremer County 25 From Mahaska County 15 



' ' Cedar 



" Hardin 



" Iowa 



" Jasper 



" Johnson 



" Keokuk 



" Linn 

 Total, 408. 



•45 

 •31 

 .12 



•30 

 •13 

 •13 



• 7 



Marshall 



Mills 



Muscatine 



Polk 



Powesheik 



Scott 



27 other counties 65 



.61 

 .16 

 .20 

 .46 

 . 6 



TRIPLETS BORN. 



The S/ar of November 7, 1892, reported: "A^lady of Pasadena, Mrs. 

 E. R. Braley, wife of the well-known fruit dealer of Raymond avenue, gave 

 birth yesterday to two girls and a boy, and today she is reported to be doing 

 well. Each of the children weighs about six pounds." 



BRIDGES AT DEVIL'S GATE. 



November 11, 1891, the Deputy County Surveyor, W. A. Burr, 

 reported : " That at the Arroyo Seco is 148^ feet long and 83 feet high ; 

 that over the Canyada ravine is 106.8 feet long and 59 feet high." 



