| There are several accounts of the history of
Chaffey High School and most of them are about the same. A thumbnail
sketch of the Orange and the Black is as follows:
In 1881, the Chaffey brothers, George and William,
emigrated from Ontario, Canada. They purchased over 6,000 acres in the
valley known as the Ontario Colony Lands. There was only one community is
those early days--Ontario--named after the area in Canada from which these
pioneers had come. Hence, the name Ontario. As you look around the
area of Chaffey High School let your mind wander back to the late 1800's and
early 1900's. There were no cars, yet there were horses and mule-drawn
trolleys. There was no smog, just horse manure. There were no
freeways, just dusty old roads. No stop signs, no traffic signals, no
right of ways. As you look to the North, you will see snow covered
majestic mountains and vineyards up to the foothills. As you look to the
South, you will see the vast valley, and looking to the East, you will again see
mountains rising in the vista, and to the West, you will see orange and lemon
groves as far as the eye can see.
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1924 Football Team
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