San Bernardino The Rise and Fall of a California Community |
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| Author:
| Lyman, Edward L. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-56085-067-0 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1996 |
| Publisher: | Signature Books, LLC
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $13.00USD $13.00 |
Book Description:
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In the mid-1800s San Bernardino emerged as one of the largest settlements in southern California. It surpassed Pueblo de los Angeles and San Diego in grain and lumber yields and boasted a burgeoning cattle industry and promising wine vineyards. But as a Mormon commune-the farthest outpost in Brigham Young's Rocky Mountain empire-the colony was threatened, and finally abandoned, in 1857 during the Utah war with the United States.
In the mid-1800s San Bernardino emerged as one of the largest settlements in southern California. It surpassed Pueblo de los Angeles and San Diego in grain and lumber yields and boasted a burgeoning cattle industry and promising wine vineyards. But as a Mormon commune-the farthest outpost in Brigham Young's Rocky Mountain empire-the colony was threatened, and finally abandoned, in 1857 during the Utah war with the United States.