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Originally Posted by PR-Giants
In the 1850's most of the bananeros would have gone to Sutter's Mill. ...
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Yes, meanwhile the gringos on my father's side of the family were settling in the San Bernardino Valley. They established nurseries, orchards, and the water supply to Mentone and the City of Redlands. A historical map of Crafton from 1854 shows banana groves on a 100-acre parcel southwest of the reservoir. Meanwhile in San Diego county - bananas, mangos, and other fruits were being grown in the area that is now Encinitas and Solana Beach.
