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Ontario founded by the
Chaffey brothers, is the most western town in San Bernardino County, and the
lands extend to within four miles of the county line. It is thirty-eight miles
east of Los Angeles, and twenty-four miles west of San Bernardino and Colton.
Cucamonga is the nearest place on the east, Pomona on the west, and Chino on the
south. At the town the elevation is 980 feet, with a gradual rise to 2,000 feet
at the base of the mountains, six miles away. The slope is gradual from the
Cucamonga Mountains, 6,000 feet high, and the month of San Antonio Canon,
running back to "Old Baldy," 10,000 feet high, toward the Santa Ana River, which
runs about eight miles south of the colony. The tract is level and free from
brush. The soil is a deep, rich loam. There are about 12,000 acres in the tract,
which is seven miles long from north to south, and from one to three miles from
east to west. Through the colony runs Euclid avenue, seven miles long and 200
feet wide, a double drive with a tram-car line in the middle, the divisions
separated by lines of gum and pepper, cypress, Grevillea and palm trees. About
the depot of the Southern Pacific Railway clusters the main town, consisting of
some 250 acres in town lots, surrounded by villa lots of from one to two and
one-half acres. At the Santa Fe station is North Ontario, containing some 200
acres in town lots. The rest of the land is laid out in ten-acre lots, with
streets running east and west, and avenues north and south, so that each lot has
a street frontage. Read More... Additional Ontario Resources
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