Mormon colonists developed irrigated, commercial farming and lumbering, supplying agricultural produce and lumber throughout Southern California. Often cities are laid out with an alphabetical and numerical system typical for Mormon towns, with streets running alphabet letters for north–south streets and numbers for east–west streets. Cities are typically laid out with north–south, east–west streets in predetermined city block sizes with wide streets. Mormons laid out the town based on the 'City of Zion' plan which was typical of Mormon urban planning. Following the Mormon colonists' purchase of Rancho San Bernardino, and the establishment of the town of San Bernardino in 1851, San Bernardino County was formed in 1853 from parts of Los Angeles County. The first Anglo-American colony was established by pioneers associated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or Mormons. The area was not largely settled until 1851, following the American Conquest of California. Serrano and Cahuilla people inhabited Politana until long after the 1830s decree of secularization and the 1842 inclusion into the Rancho San Bernardino land grant of the José del Carmen Lugo family. They did and established the San Bernardino de Sena Estancia. Several years later, the Serrano and Mountain Cahuilla rebuilt the Politana rancheria, and in 1819 invited the missionaries to return to the valley. Two years later the settlement was destroyed by local tribesmen, following powerful earthquakes that shook the region. Politana was established May 20, 1810, as a mission chapel and supply station by the Mission San Gabriel in the ranchería of the Guachama Indians that lived on the bluff that is now known as Bunker Hill, near Lytle Creek. Politana was the first Spanish settlement in the San Bernardino Valley, named for Bernardino of Siena. 8.1.4 Downtown San Bernardino revitalization efforts.In addition, the city is home to the Inland Empire 66ers minor-league baseball team, which plays their home games at San Manuel Stadium in downtown San Bernardino. Other attractions in San Bernardino include ASU Fox Theatre, the McDonald's Museum (located on the original site of the world's first McDonald's), since 1919 the National Orange Show, the California Theatre, and the Glen Helen Amphitheater, the largest outdoor amphitheater in the United States. The university also hosts the Coussoulis Arena and the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art. 4,392,041) in population.Ĭalifornia State University, San Bernardino is located in the northwestern part of the city. 4,599,839) ranks in size just below San Francisco (pop. San Bernardino is a principal city in the 13th largest Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) in the United States the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (pop. The governments of Guatemala and Mexico have established consulates in the downtown area of the city. As of the 2020 Census, San Bernardino has a population of 222,101 making it the 18th-largest city in California and the 102nd-largest city in the United States. As one of the Inland Empire's anchor cities, San Bernardino spans 81 square miles (210 km 2) on the floor of the San Bernardino Valley to the south of the San Bernardino Mountains.

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