Chronological Index of Historic Dates in San Bernardino and The Railroad:

1800 - 1849 Historic Dates in San Bernardino and The Railroad:

1803, January 18..........Corps of Discovery

1804, February 21........World's First Steam Locomotive

1810, May 20................Naming San Bernardino

1812, December 8.........Earthquake

1819 to 1820................Mill Creek Zanja

1821, September 23......Jumuba (Fort Benson)

1823............................"Bernardino" on the Map

1825, September 27.....World's First Passenger Train

1826, August 22...........Jedediah Smith

1830, January 28..........Old Spanish Trail

1830, August 28.........."Tom Thumb"

1835, March 9.............."S. Bernardino" on a California Map

1839, January 10.........."San Bernardino" on U.S. Map

1842, June 21...............Lugo Map of Rancho San Bernardino

1842, July 4..................First U.S. Flag in San Bernardio

back to top

1850 - 1879 Historic Dates in San Bernardino and The Railroad :

1851, March 23..............Leaving Utah for San Bernardino

1851, December 15.... ...Fort San Bernardino

1852, August 4..............Sacramento Valley Railroad

1852, November 7..........Establishing the Base Line

1853, April 26................San Bernardino County

1854, November 16........First Street Map of San Bernardino

1854, December 15........Arcata & Mad River Railroad

1855, January 28............Panama Railroad

1860, May 4...................Holcomb Discovers Gold

1864, December 17........Wyatt Earp

1869, May 10.................Golden Spike

1869, October 26...........Los Angeles & San Pedro RR

1873, October 8.............Grief Embers

1875, August 11............Southern Pacific Railroad

1878, February 22..........McCall's Horse Trough

1878, October 3.............Fire Department Formed

back to top

1880 - 1899 Historic Dates in San Bernardino and The Railroad:

1880..........................Gold Scale from Starke's Hotel

1881..........................Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Map

1881, November 2.........Gas Lamp

1882..............................Chair from Opera House

1883..............................Harvey Girls and "The Harvey Way"

1883, September 13.......First Train in San Bernardino

1883, September 13.......Second Train in San Bernardino

1885..............................Third Street, San Bernardino

1885, January 1..............Horse Cars

1886..............................First Santa Fe Depot in San Bernardino

1887..............................Map of San Bernardino

1888, January 21............Society of California Pioneers

1888, May 3...................Lillie Langtry

1888, June 5...................San Bernardino & Redlands Railway

1888, June 19.................S.B., Arrowhead & Waterman R.R.

1888, December 25........Alice Rowen Johnson

1889, December 3..........David H. Wixom

1890, July 30..................Virginia and Nicholas Earp

1893, August 1...............Patton State Hospital

1894, September 1.........The Daily Sun

back to top

1900 - 1919 Historic Dates in San Bernardino and The Railroad:

1900, April 30..............Casey Jones

1903, January...............1903 Santa Fe Bell (ATSF 1137)

1903, May 7..................President Theodore Roosevelt

1903, November 28......Barney Oldfield

1904, Mar 6..................Promontory Point and Lucin Cutoff

1904, August 10...........Carnegie Library

1905, July 9...................Scott Special

1910, May 19................Santa Fe...Industrial Parade

1910, May 20................Centennial of San Bernardino

1911, January 7.............Didier Masson

1911, February 8...........Pacific Electric

1911, March 6...............National Orange Show (NOS)

1913, September 20......Pavilion

1915, July 2...................Pioneer Park

1916, November 16.......Santa Fe Depot Burns

1917, January 1.............NOS Rose Parade Float

1918, July 15.................Current Santa Fe Depot

back to top

1920 - 1949 Historic Dates in San Bernardino and The Railroad:

1921............................Santa Fe Smokestack & Whistle

Date Unknown..............Santa Fe Siren

1923, September 10.....Memorial Auditorium

1925, April 13..............Wilson versus Holcomb

1926, April 10..............New Santa Fe Shops

1927, May....................ATSF 3751

1928, May 28...............Tunnel Under the Tracks

1928, August 15...........California Theater

1929, August 18...........Powder Puff Derby

1935, January 20...........Lee Miles

1935, June 28................Will Rogers

1935, December 31.......Monopoly Trains

1946, January 18...........The Harvey Girls (Movie)

1947, June 30................Officer Johnnie Epps

1948, December 12.......The First McDonald's

back to top

1950 - 1979 Historic Dates in San Bernardino and The Railroad:

1950, March 2..............Norton Air Force Base

1952, January 29..........J. C. Rodriquez, Medal of Honor

1954, November 19.....Sammy Davis, Jr.

1955, July 17...............Disneyland Railroad

1957, July 27...............Arrowhead-shaped Pool

1957, August 27..........ATSF 3780

1958, May 14...............ATSF 3751 Moves into Viaduct Park

1960s..........................Viaduct Park

1960, May 20...............Sesquicentennial of San Bernardino

1964, June 5................The Rolling Stones

1968, October 25.........Santa Fe Superintendent's Car

1971, March 27............USS San Bernardino

1978, January 1............San Bernardino's First Rose Parade Float

back to top

1980 - 1999 Historic Dates in San Bernardino and The Railroad:

1981, September 15....."John Bull" Runs Again

1981, November 8........Martin Luther King, Jr. Statue

1985, June 3.................Evyln Wilcox

1985, August 6.............Kodachrome

1986, March 31............Santa Fe Museum Train

1986, April 30..............ATSF 3751 is Moved Out of S. B.

1988, January 1............San Bernardino's Last Float

1990, September 22.....Route 66 Rendezvous

1992, October 26.........Metrolink Begins

1993, January 27..........Metrolink Reaches San Bernardino

1995, September 22.....BNSF Merger

1997, January 1............Restored 1890 Hose Wagon

1998, March 2..............Judith Valles

back to top

2000 - 2009 Historic Dates in San Bernardino and The Railroad:

2001, February 2...........Santa Fe Depot Declared Historic

2002, February 19.........Derek Parra

2003, October 16..........President George W. Bush

2004, June 21................Depot Renovation Completed

2008, July 12.................History and Railroad Museum

2008, November 3.........BNSF Third Rail in Cajon Pass

back to top

2010 - 2019 Historic Dates in San Bernardino and The Railroad:

2010, May 20.............. Bicentennial of San Bernardino

2011, June ...................BNSF System Map

2011, September 1.......BNSF Subdivisions Map

2012, August 1.............San Bernardino Files for Bankruptcy

2013, March 13............Norton AFB Museum Opens

2013, August 28...........Colton Crossing Project

2014, April 28..............sbX (san bernardino eXpress)

2014, May 1..................Justice Center (New Courthouse)

2015, August 24...........San Bernardino Transit Center

2015, December 19.......President Barack Hussein Obama

2016, May 7..................Diamond from the Colton Crossing

2017, May 30................City Hall Closes

2017, December 16.......San Bernardino Downtown Passenger Rail Project

2017, December 16.......Display Tracks

2018, July 15.................Santa Fe Depot at 100 Years

2019...............................Union Pacific Celebrates the Transcontinrntal Railroad

back to top