This biographical sketch was
compiled by the Chaffey High School Physical Education Department with
"special thanks" to Glenn W. Killingsworth and Ron Montoya.
Sources utilized were the Chaffey High School Net pages, old FASTI yearbooks,
the Official Guide to ONTARIO, and conversations with Forrest Anderson, Clyde
Francisco and Ernie Payne.
| Ontario is located on an alluvial plain in the
southwest corner of San Bernardino County, bordered on the north by mountains
and on the south and east by desert. It was originally the home of the
Serrano and Gabrieleno Indians. During the 18th century the valley was
visited by Spanish explorers and in the 19th century by American explorers.
In 1839 the Spanish Governor Alvarado gave a large tract of land, including
Ontario, to Don Tiburico Tapνa. |
1902 Baseball Team
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1902
Track Team
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Settlement of this area became possible
when, in 1872, the Southern Pacific Railway tracks came through what would ten
years later become Ontario, a Model Colony. George Chaffey and his brother
William, were pioneers from Ontario, Canada. They first came to Riverside
in 1880 with their families. In 1881, they purchased 6,218 acres of the
Cucamonga Ranch. Realizing that transportation was essential to the
success of their Model Colony, they extended their holdings south to the
Southern Pacific Railway. |
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