Sierra Madre Spanish for "mother range" is a city in Los Angeles County, California , with a population of 11, at the time of the U. Pasadena and Altadena are to its west, with Arcadia to its south and east. Sierra Madre is known as " Wisteria City", and its city seal is decorated with a drawing of the now widely known foot m vine. Their name means "People of the Earth".
Their primary language was Uto-Aztecan Shoshonean. In the 16th century, there were about 25 Tongva villages, with a population of approximately people. Sierra Madre was the site of a settlement named Sonayna. The mission was later moved to San Gabriel because of severe flooding from the Rio Hondo River, which ruined their crops. The original mission site is now marked by a California Historical Landmark. Later that year the first electric lights were installed by the Edison Electric Company.
In December , the first telephones were installed of them by the Home Telephone Company of Monrovia. On February 2, , the first citywide election was held and 96 citizens voted 71—25 to officially incorporate Sierra Madre; the population was about In February , eighteen days after the election, Sierra Madre became incorporated as a California city. Charles Worthington Jones was the first mayor. Sierra Madre is historically linked to the old mountain resorts of the San Gabriel Mountains and Valley.
Harvard College established the first Mount Wilson Observatory in Wilson roadway, something more than a trail. The Harvard telescope was removed and in July the new toll road was officially opened to the public. The toll was set by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors at 25 cents for hikers and 50 cents for horseback.
The new road was called the "New Mt. Wilson Trail" and it was more popular at the time than the old Sierra Madre trail. Foot and pack animal traffic became so heavy that in June the trail was widened to six feet 1. Thousands of people rode the cars to Sierra Madre to hike the original Mt. Wilson Trail. In , the first Mt. Wilson Trail Race was run. This annual race was discontinued during WWII and reestablished in Because of rain, mudslides, falling trees, soil erosion and rockslides, the regularly monitored trail course changes almost every year, and no official records of running times are kept.
