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Article: San Bernardino: A city of many faces
- Article from:
- The Sun, San Bernardino, Calif.
- Article date:
- January 1, 2008
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Members of the San Bernardino Historical and Pioneer Society do
not live in the past. They sure do like to visit now and then,
though.
And why not? The past is an interesting place. Especially in San
Bernardino.
The city started as a pious Mormon settlement, then turned into a
roaring Wild West town. Then it was a resort town, with fancy hotels
and spas.
It was a boomtown, a railroad town, a citrus town, an Air Force
town.
In 1977 it was honored as an All-American City by the National
Civic League.
But then it fell on hard times. It became a poor town. A blighted
town. A murder capital. A gang town.
But now it's a city on the rise again. In fact, it looks like San
Bernardino is ...