The Highland Area Historical Society was formed to foster an awareness of the history in the Highland/East Highland area of Southern California, which includes the area bounded by Victoria Ave. on the west, the Santa Ana River Canyon on the east, the National Forest boundary on the north, and the Santa Ana River on the south. The Society also endeavors to expand the involvement of the public in collecting artifacts and preserving local history. The Society takes an active part in the Citrus Harvest Festival in the early spring. Upcomming Meetings 7PM at the Highland Senior Center, 3102 E. Highland Ave. Patton, CA 92369 Phone:(909)862-8104 Thursday, November 6th We will be holding elections during our business meeting. The program will be presented by Bill Calvert, who will present a slide show on the history of Highland. Also please remember that a special Installation Dinner is being planned for January 8, 2009. RSVP will be required. Past Meetings 2008: Thursday, September 4th program: Nick Cataldo highlighted his recent book: The Earp Clan: The Southern California Years . Nick devoted nearly 20 years of research prior to publishing this book. Copies were available for purchase at the meeting. Nick Cataldo Vidio on "The Earp Clan: The Southern California Years" http://video.aol.com/video-detail/the-earp-clan-the-southern-california-years-by-nick-cataldo/2182087404 Thursday, May 1st program The speaker was: Nola Houle did a presentation on the Cram house that once stood near the corner of Palm and Baseline and has since been moved twice. She discussed a little of the early history on the house, then covered the many adventures of the two moves. Larry and Nola Houle are the current owners of the home, which now stands at the corner of Highland Ave & Church Street. Thursday, March 6th 2008 Gena Philibert Ortega gave her presentation on "Preserving your Heirlooms for the Next 100 years". She discussed preserving heirlooms including textiles and paper documents. Her bio is at her website which is http://www.yourfamilyhistoryresearch.com/ Thursday, January 3rd: John Hockaday, author of "Trails and Tails of the Cajon Pass". Information: 909-823-0227, www.buckthornpublishing.com Meet the expert on the Cajon Pass By MARK MUCKENFUSS The Press-Enterprise 2007: Meeting: Thursday, November 1, 2007. The Speaker was Tom Spellman of Upland, CA who is a leading authority on citrus and deciduous fruit growing and has appeared on many garden TV programs, talk radio shows and has written for garden magazines. He will cover a little of the history on citrus growing in the area, then discuss the newer varieties now available. Meeting: Thursday, September 6th. For the September meeting, our program was presented by long time and noted packing label collector, Floyd Mcdonald. He showed a slide presentation on citrus labels entitled "Beauty on the Box" Meetings are held at the Highland Senior Center, 3102 E. Highland Avenue at 7:00 PM. A Pictorial History of Highland, by Bill Calvert Bill Calvert has been collecting Highland photos and artifacts for 25 years. An idea began to take shape to chronicle the history of Highland from its early days, when it was known as Messina, to 1987 when Highland was incorporated as a city, through the use of photographs. The late Kay Beattie, who wrote the Looking Back articles for the Highland Community News, was to collaborate with Bill on this project, but it became too much for her. With her encouragement, Bill pressed on with the project. The Historical Society offered to “self-publish” this one-of-a-kind book consisting of 207 pages of photos and historical narrative. Copies are available by contacting Bill Calvert at (909)862-5492, or writing to the Highland Area Historical Society: P.O. Box 353, Highland, CA 92346-0353. Highland Area Historical Society Blog: http://www.blog.highlandhistory.org/ Officers and Board Members President: Nancy Alexander 909-862-7868 highlandhx@yahoo.com Read the latest news and information from Nancy on her web page: http://www.highlandmaid.com/ Read the San Bernardino Sun Article: "History has been Alexander's thing for almost 60 years" By Mona Shadia, Staff Writer Article Launched: 05/31/2007 05:09:45 PM PDT: http://www.sbsun.com/search/ci_6028347 Vice President: Dwayne Anthony Secretary: Pam Beachtel Bible Treasurer: Open Board Members: Audree Kraemer, Dave Harkey, Charles Kiel Contact Information Highland Area Historical Society P.O. Box P.O. Box 353 Highland, CA 92346-0353 www.HighlandHistory.org Meetings: 1st. Thursday of Jan, March, May, Sept, Nov. at 7:00 PM Meetings are held at the Highland Senior Center, 3102 E. Highland Avenue. Directions: Highland Avenue to Patton Ave (the only signal light between Palm Ave, and Victoria). Go North on Patton Ave onto the grounds of the hospital, the first building on the right (East) is the Highland Senior Center, 3102 E. Highland Avenue. Go into the first driveway on the right (East) to the back of the building for parking and enter the building on the North side, up the ramp. We use the meeting room on the left after you enter. *************************************************************** Tired of seeing all of the orange groves disappearing? Support the Inland Orange Conservancy in saving groves in our neighborhood. To learn more go to : http://www.inlandorange.org/ P.O. Box 188 Mentone, CA 92359 909-794-4484 * inlandorange@hotmail.com ******************************************************************