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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 968 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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REDLANDS , a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

San Bernardino See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, in See also:

SOUTHERN

southern See also:

California, U.S.A., 67 m. (by See also:

RAIL

rail) E. of Los Angeles. Pop. (1900) 4797; (1910) 10,449. It is served by the Southern Pacific and the See also:

ATCHISON

Atchison, See also:

TOPEKA

Topeka & See also:

SANTA

Santa Fe See also:

RAILWAYS

railways and by interurban electric lines. The city lies at an See also:

ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude of 1350-1600 ft. at the eastern end of the San Bernardino Valley, surrounded on three sides by mountains. To the See also:

east Grayback (11,725 ft.) and San Bernardino (11,600 ft.), to the See also:

south-east San Jacinto (10,805 ft.), and to the See also:

north-See also:

west Cajon Pass (4119 ft.) and San See also:

Antonio, of Old Baldy (10,142 ft.), are conspicuous landmarks. The city is a well-known tourist and See also:

HEALTH

health resort, with beautiful drives. See also:

CANYON (Anglicized form of Span. canon, a tube, pipe or cannon; the Spanish form being also frequently written)

Canyon - See also:

Crest See also:

Park (Smiley Heights) contains about 300 acres, and Prospect Park 5o acres. The city has the A. K. Smiley Public Library, the See also:

GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift of A.

K. Smiley, and is the seat of the University of Redlands (Baptist; co-educational), incorporated in 1907 and opened in 1909. Redlands is one of the most famous See also:

orange-growing and See also:

SHIPPING

shipping centres of California; it also See also:

SHIPS

ships other citrus fruits, See also:

OLIVE (Olea europaea)

olive oil, See also:

BARLEY (Hordeum sativum)

barley, See also:

wheat and See also:

stone. Olive oil and jam, See also:

MARMALADE (adopted from Fr. marmelade, from marmelo, a quince, derived through the Lat. melimelum, from Gr. AiXt, honey, and ai Xov, an apple, an apple grafted on a quince)

marmalade and preserved fruits are manufactured. There are electric See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power See also:

PLANTS

plants in the mountains (three in See also:

Mill See also:

Creek Canyon and two in Santa See also:

Ana Canyon). A See also:

settlement called Lugonia was established within the limits of the See also:

PRESENT

present city in 1874, but Redlands See also:

DATES

dates from 1887, when it was settled by See also:

PEOPLE

people from New See also:

England, and was chartered as a city.

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