BEFORE CITRUS ORCHARDS FILLED THE VALLEY, VINEYARDS DID. OUR DEAR PASADENA WAS TO BE NAMED MUSCAT AFTER A WINE GRAPE THAT FLOURISHED IN OUR BASIN. BONITO WILSON, HIMSELF A VINTNER, REVAMPED THE ANCIENT TONGVA INDIAN TRAIL IN ORDER TO BRING DOWN THE TIMBER HE DESIRED FOR CREATING WINE BARRELS. ALAS, DISSATISFIED WITH THE LUMBER, HE SOON ABANDONED THE ENTERPRISE.
PASADENA REAL ESTATE INVESTORS FOLLOWED SUIT AND HARVARD LEFT, SIGHTING "AN ABUNDANCE OF HIKERS AND RATTLESNAKES". EVENTUALLY "YE OLE" LOG CABIN CASINO TOOK IT''S PLACE. "YE OLE" TONGVA NATION, COULD AN OPPORTUNITY BE KNOCKING ON LOGS?
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The Harvard Telescope was shipped off to Aregupa Peru where it remains today. Gold was discovered atop the summit. The "rush" was short lived. Astronomer George Ellery Hale, inspired by the monasteries of the Levant, commissioned architect Myron Hunt to design the men's living quarters. Said quarters are referred to as the monastery. Before then, Hale had been staying in the "Ye Ole" Log Cabin Casino located in the vicinity of the present day upper parking lot.
It's worth noting that the 100 inch Hooker Reflector is 250,000 times more sensitive than the human eye. In operation for more then fifty years, it has penetrated outer space to a distance of a half billion light years. This marvel of engineering could be said to have added more to man's knowledge of the universe than any other single tool of science.
That's quite a story!
Wilson was also General George Patton's grandfather.
No wonder my grapevines are taking over my whole house. Mine are merlot and apparently very happy in Pasadena soil.
It's weird to think of Pasadena being call Muscat.
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You maybe familiar with the Mt. Lowe railway that ran street cars up to Mt. Lowe above Pasadena in the 1930's. There have been several books written about it.I have collected some of the travel folders about it and plan to pass it on to my grandaughter Megan who is the great great granddaughter of David MacPherson who engineered and designed the railway
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