Covina's Early Pioneers

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		Early Pioneers

Early Pioneers

During the 1940's, Mary-Etta Broadwell wrote a column for the Covina Argus Citizen. Thanks to Lucy Wheeler's scrapbooks, the articles have been saved and can be viewed as a complete collection. Remember, that they were written over fifty years ago. Many of the old-timers who contributed to her column are no longer with us.

These and many other local writers' recollections are presented here to deepen understanding of how Covina began and grew. We have a vast collection that is slowly being added, so check back for more biographies and original stories.

Mary-Etta Broadwell's

Down Memory Lane series, from Lucy Wheeler's scrapbooks:

Genealogy of S A Overholtzer

Ellen Beach Yaw (Lark Ellen, coming soon!)

Fire Department by Martha Olson

Local History by Mrs. E. B. Rice

Memoirs by Lucy E. Wheeler

Bill Temple Lecture Covina Chapter D.A.R., 1978

Ralph Pollard Remembers Covina

Budwood to Bulldozer poem by C.E. Groniger

California Smog by Edna Hornecker

Charter Oak by William Hoogendyk

Recollections of the Mountain View Ranch by Ruth Kohlmeier Van Wyck

Mountain View Ruddock Mansion, author unknown

History of Covina by Iva Funk

Horace Willard Snodgrass by Doris Snodgrass Kerckhoff

Joseph Swift Phillips,

Covina's Founder

Bill Stone leads guided tours of Covina's Downtown area on the second Sunday of each month. Tours begin at 1:15 PM at the Firehouse-Jail Museum behind Covina City Hall.

Oscar Allison, "The Man Who Builds Houses" constructed many of the commercial buildings that still stand along Citrus Avenue in downtown Covina. Join us in a walking tour of our downtown area to view these wonderful buildings.