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Pasadena
Founded by the Indiana Colony in 1874. Craftsman masterpieces in the Arroyo, estates on Orange Grove and the Rose Parade down Colorado Boulevard.
History
How Pasadena came to be.
- 1874
Settlers from Indiana found the colony and choose an Ojibwe word for valley as its name.
- 1890
The first Tournament of Roses Parade rolls down Colorado Boulevard.
- 1909
Greene and Greene complete the Gamble House, a masterpiece of the Arts and Crafts movement.
- 1913
The Colorado Street Bridge opens across the Arroyo Seco.
- 1922
The Rose Bowl stadium is completed, hosting its first New Year's Day game the next year.
- 1940
The Arroyo Seco Parkway connects Pasadena to downtown, California's first freeway.
Points of interest
Places that define Pasadena
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Fun facts
Things even locals forget
Named in Ojibwe.
Pasadena comes from an Ojibwe word for valley, chosen by the Indiana settlers.
It snowed downtown.
Eight inches fell at City Hall on January 11, 1949.
A flower count.
A Rose Parade float can use about 100,000 flowers and plants.
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