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Article: Judson and Brown's town incorporates
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- Redlands Daily Facts
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- September 26, 2009
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According to Edith Parker Hinckley in "On the Banks of the
Zanja," the wheel came before the hub in the creation of Redlands.
Before Edward G. Judson and Frank E. Brown planned and executed
the design for the city of Redlands, there were three other small
communities surrounding the future city.
First came the Mission District, formed around the Asistencia,
then Crafton to the east, and Lugonia to the north.
Another group with land that became part of Redlands was owned by
the Chicago California Colonization Co. It included a part of what
became State Street.
Both Crafton and Lugonia had small business districts and several
firms, including a couple of hotels, before Redlands began.
And, ...