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San Bernardino

a city and county-seat of San Bernardino co., Cal.; on the Southern Pacific, the Salt Lake Route, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé and the Pacific Electric railroads; 60 miles E. of Los Angeles. It is the center of the great San Bernardino basin and is surrounded by a rich mining, agricultural, and fruit-growing region. Within view of the city is Mount San Bernardino, the highest peak of the Coast Range.

Here are a court house, public library, Y. M. C. A. building, the Hall of Records, a high school, churches and hotels, several National and State banks, ks, and daily and weekly newspapers. Pop. (1910) 12,779; (1920) 18,721.

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