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SELECTION OF TERRITORY In 1873 Dr. Daniel M. Berry, a physician who suffered from Asthma, came to Southern California in search of a place in that could offer better climate to his patient base, most of whom suffered from severe respiratory ailments, in particular "consumption," or tuberculosis. He had visited five regions: San Bernardino , Anaheim , San Fernando , Rancho Santa Anita and Rancho San Pascual. Of San Bernardino he said, too hot. Of Anaheim, he said, too many foreigners (the Anaheims were from Germany.) Of San Fernando he said, too inaccessible to water (pre-dating Mulholland). Rancho Santa Anita was the collective lands of today's Arcadia , Duarte , El Monte , and Baldwin Park . The property belonged to the millionaire Hugo Reid who raised thoroughbreds on his vast ranch. Berry called the place too expensive. Finally he met Benjamin Wilson , owner of Rancho San Pascual who made his home at Lake Vineyard where he made a delectable table wine of world-renown. Berry spent three nights at Wilson's and claimed that he had his best three nights of sleep that he could remember. Everything else about the place was ideal, so he made plans to have his entourage of Indianans brought out here. To keep the find a secret, Berry code-named the area " Muscat " after the grape that Wilson so popularly grew on the property. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ORANGE AND CITRUS GROWERS ASSOC. But the nations was undergoing a recession at the time known as the Panic of 1873 which threatened the possibility of a trip to California. In order to raise money, Berry formed the Southern California Orange and Citrus Growers Association for which he sold $25,000 worth of stock. The newcomers were able to purchase a large portion of the property along the Arroyo Seco and since they were now produce farmers, they divided their properties into homesteads for raising orchards, mainly orange and citrus, along an avenue still named today Orange Grove Boulevard. The new Colony was named the Indiana Colony. RENAMING THE COLONY The name lasted for a while until which point they wanted their own post office. Up to this time, the mail was being brought up form Los Angeles by one of the resident's son who was going to school in Los Angeles. Mail for the colony came to Los Angeles earmarked for "Indiana Colony," but when the community applied for a post office, the Postmaster General rejected the name Indiana Colony. Thus began the search for a the new name for the town which would end up being Pasadena . SEE ALSO also see Pasadena, California : History: Naming Pasadena. REFERENCES
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