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29-476: It is named after the 19th-century Mexican land grant, Rancho Cucamonga , that was below it. The mountain towers over the Inland Empire cities of Rancho Cucamonga , Ontario and Fontana . The summit can be seen west of Cajon Pass on Interstate 15 , the route from Southern California to Las Vegas . The peak can also be seen on extremely clear days from Mount San Jacinto 46 miles (74 km) to

58-650: A Regents of the University of California to fill the unexpired term of D.O. Mills . He was reappointed twice and served until 1918. In 1890, Hellman moved to San Francisco to take over the Nevada Bank of San Francisco, which had been formed in 1875 by four men known as the Silver Kings: John William Mackay , James Cair Flood , William O'Brien and James Graham Fair . While the bank had once had $ 10 million in capitalization, it

87-474: A board of trustees to create a new university . Hellman joined the businessman Ozro W. Childs and the former Governor of California John G. Downey in donating valuable land and an endowment to found the University of Southern California . On April 14, 1870, Hellman married Esther Newgass of New York. Her sister, Babetta Newgass, was the wife of Mayer Lehman , one of the three founding brothers of

116-455: A 13,045-acre (20.383 sq mi; 52.79 km ) Mexican land grant in present-day San Bernardino County, California , given in 1839 to the dedicated soldier, smuggler and politician Tiburcio Tapia by Mexican governor Juan Bautista Alvarado . The grant formed parts of present-day California cities Rancho Cucamonga and Upland . It extended easterly from San Antonio Creek to what is now Hermosa Avenue, and from today's Eighth Street to

145-464: A clerk in his cousins' stationery and cigar store, and learned to speak Spanish. The store operated as Hellman and Bro. and sold cigars and stationery, and was located at the corner of Main and Temple streets. Isaias joined the business in 1855, brother Sam in 1857, and the partnership was dissolved January 26, 1862. In 1865, Hellman bought the dry goods store of Adolph Portugal at the corner of Main and Commercial that Portugal had opened in 1854. This

174-614: A courtesy, he stored his customers' gold and valuables in a safe . One day, Hellman got into an altercation with a drunk customer who had been coming in and out of the store, withdrawing gold each time from a pouch stored in the safe. When the man sobered up, he was angry to discover he had spent most of his funds, and lunged at Hellman. That interaction prompted Hellman to stop his informal banking operations. He obtained printed slips reading I.W. Hellman, Banker, and started buying people's funds and issuing deposit books. On September 1, 1868, Hellman and Temple founded Hellman, Temple and Co.,

203-433: A large parcel of land next to Lake Tahoe where he built a mansion in 1903. He named it Pine Lodge after the sugar pines on the property. His family later sold this land to the state of California, which made the property into Sugar Pine Point State Park . He purchased the 35,000-acre (140 km ) Nacimiento Ranch near Paso Robles and stocked it with cattle and horses. In 1879, Judge Robert Maclay Widney established

232-667: A major investor in trolley lines, contributing funds in 1874 to start the Main Street and Agricultural Park Railway, which traveled from the Plaza, the heart of Los Angeles's downtown, to Agricultural Park, a horse-racing track. Hellman eventually invested in many of the city's rail lines and with Henry Huntington formed the Los Angeles Railway in 1898 and the Pacific Electric Railway in 1901. He

261-643: A wealthy cattle merchant named Schloss). He was educated in German public schools and at the College of Marktbreit in Bavaria. This school was founded by Solomon Wohl in 1849. Hellman and his brother Herman left Hamburg on the steamer Hammonia , arriving in Los Angeles , California , on May 14, 1859, to join their cousins. Their brother James later emigrated to Los Angeles as well. Isaias went to work as

290-851: Is approximately the current location of the Triforium sculpture on the Los Angeles Mall . Some sources state that he opened a dry goods store in April 1865 "on the Baker Block ". The Baker Block did not open until 1875, however is one short city block north of Hellman's store at the southeast corner of Main and Commercial streets. In 1870, Hellman erected the Hellman Block at the northwest corner of Los Angeles Street and (a street that no longer exists) Commercial Street. Hellman became Los Angeles' first banker almost by accident. As

319-401: Is required. It is advisable to bring a warm jacket or windbreaker as there is no protection from the elements when getting close towards the summit. Snow can also be found in certain parts of the hike depending on the season. This San Bernardino County, California –related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Rancho Cucamonga Rancho Cucamonga was

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348-574: The 1906 San Francisco earthquake , the bank was operated in the residence of Hellman's son-in-law at 2020 Jackson Street while the headquarters was rebuilt. At the height of his power, Hellman reportedly served as president or director of seventeen banks along the Pacific Coast and controlled $ 100 million in capital. Hellman served as president of the Wells Fargo Nevada National Bank until his death in 1920 when he

377-632: The Bixby family purchased the 26,000-acre (110 km ) Rancho Los Alamitos (now home to Long Beach and Seal Beach ). The Hellman neighborhood of Long Beach bears his name. He also purchased the Repetto Ranch (now Montebello) with Harris Newmark and Kaspare Cohn. Hellman and Downey also purchased swaths of Rancho San Pedro from the Dominguez family. Hellman owned much of Boyle Heights with William H. Workman . In 1897, Hellman bought

406-704: The cession of California to the United States following the Mexican–American War , the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho Cucamonga was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1852, and the grant was patented to Leon V. Prudhomme in 1872. Rancho Cucamonga was sold in 1858 to John Rains. Rains in 1856 married Maria Merced Williams,

435-515: The Los Angeles road west of Cucamonga on May 21, 1864, in another unsolved murder. Maria Merced married José Carrillo in 1864. She had nine children in all: five with Rains, and four with Carrillo. Isaias W. Hellman , a Los Angeles banker, and a San Francisco business syndicate acquired the 13,045 acres (52.79 km ) Rancho Cucamonga at a sheriff's sale in 1871. Hellman and his partners, which included former Governor John Downey, subdivided

464-558: The Nevada Bank of San Francisco from 1890 to 1898 when he nationalized the bank under the title of The Nevada National Bank of San Francisco. Hellman was president of that bank from 1898 to 1905, until he bought the banking division of Wells Fargo & Co. , and merged it with the Nevada National Bank to form the Wells Fargo Nevada National Bank with a working capital of $ 9,500,000. After

493-429: The city of Ontario , incorporated in 1891. The northern part of Chaffey's Ontario colony became the city of Upland , incorporated in 1906. In 1977 three unincorporated communities which had emerged on the old ranch lands— Alta Loma , Cucamonga and Etiwanda —became the city of Rancho Cucamonga. Marker at Cucamonga Winery site reads: Isaias W. Hellman Isaias Wolf Hellman (October 3, 1842 – April 9, 1920)

522-610: The daughter of Rancho Santa Ana del Chino owner Isaac Williams and granddaughter of Antonio Maria Lugo , owner of Rancho San Bernardino . Maria was thus a wealthy heiress, and Rains invested in three ranchos and the Bella Union Hotel in Los Angeles. John Rains was murdered on November 17, 1862. Three men including Tomas Procopio Bustamante were accused but only Manuel Ceredel was caught. Ceredel claimed he, Precopio and four others were paid $ 500 by Ramon Carrillo, another ranchero and political opponent, to kill Rains. Ceradel

551-526: The fledgling city's second official bank. In 1871, Hellman and John G. Downey , a former governor of California, formed the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Los Angeles , which became Los Angeles' first successful bank. Hellman lent the money that allowed Harrison Gray Otis to buy the Los Angeles Times and Edward Doheny and Charles A. Canfield to drill for oil. In 1881, Hellman was appointed

580-529: The investment bank Lehman Brothers . They had three children: He was president of B'nai B'rith in 1872 when the congregation built the city's first temple on Fort Street. Hellman died in San Francisco on April 9, 1920. At his death in 1920, Hellman was considered the leading financier of the Pacific Coast. His son, Isaias Wolf Hellman, Jr. and grandson, Isaias Warren Hellman , later became presidents of Wells Fargo Bank. The Union Trust Company

609-567: The land. Hellman continued to make port and sweet Angelica wine from Cucamonga's fabled vineyard. Tapia had first planted grapes in 1839 and Rains had increased the vineyard to 150 acres (0.61 km ) in 1859. In 1882, George Chaffey , a Canadian from the province of Ontario , purchased 8,000 acres (32 km ) of the Rancho Cucamonga land for $ 90,000. Chaffey established an irrigation colony which he named Ontario, after his homeland of Ontario, Canada. The Ontario colony later became

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638-505: The mountains. The Mission San Gabriel established the Rancho Cucamonga as a site for grazing their cattle. In 1839, the rancho was granted by the Mexican governor of California to Tiburcio Tapia , a wealthy Los Angeles merchant. Tapia transferred his cattle to Cucamonga and built a fort-like adobe house on Red Hill. The Rancho was inherited by Tapia's daughter, Maria Merced Tapia de Prudhomme, and her husband Leon Victor Prudhomme. With

667-559: The southeast, Irvine 55 miles (89 km) to the south, and Santa Monica to the far west. The most popular trail to the summit begins in Icehouse Canyon. A Forest Service trail (7W07) leads from here to Icehouse Saddle, from which the Cucamonga Peak Trail (7W04) leads to the summit. The round trip is 14 miles (23 km) long with an elevation gain of 4,300 feet (1,300 m). A wilderness permit for vehicles

696-567: Was a Kingdom of Bavaria -born American banker and philanthropist , and a founding father of the University of Southern California . Hellman was born in Reckendorf , Kingdom of Bavaria on October 3, 1842. He was one of three sons and four daughters, born to German Jewish parents Wolf Hellmann (1815–1884), a master weaver, and Sara Fleischmann (1823–1888). His siblings included brothers Herman and James W. Hellman. Their four sisters were Bertha, Flora, Regina, and Ernestine (who married

725-509: Was a major investor in Los Angeles's water, gas and electricity companies, and helped bring Southern Pacific Railroad to Los Angeles in 1876, which ended the isolation of the region. Hellman was a major landowner in Southern California. His holdings included numerous city lots and vast swaths of former rancho land. In 1871, he and a syndicate bought the 13,000-acre (53 km ) Rancho Cucamonga . In 1881, Hellman and members of

754-490: Was convicted of attempting to murder the sheriff's deputy who arrested him and was sentenced to 10 years in San Quentin. As the sheriff took Ceredel on a boat to San Francisco, a group of vigilantes lynched Ceredel. Carrillo was examined in court twice and was released, no evidence having been found against him. Ramon Carrillo always maintained his innocence of the crime, but he was shot in the back from ambush and killed on

783-503: Was merged with Wells Fargo after his death and the original Farmers and Merchants Bank of Los Angeles later merged with Security First National Bank of Los Angeles. Biographies of Hellman include Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California , by Frances Dinkelspiel , his great-great-granddaughter. The 2008 book was on the San Francisco Chronicle bestseller list for five weeks and

812-613: Was nearly broke by the time Hellman took over. When word got out about Hellman's involvement, capitalists from around the world applied to buy stock. Hellman had $ 15 million in applications but only $ 2.5 million in stock to sell. Two of the biggest shareholders included Mayer Lehman of Lehman Brothers ($ 150,000) and Levi Strauss ($ 120,000). Other shareholders included men Hellman had grown up with in Reckendorf who had become important businessmen, including Kalman, Abraham and William Haas, and David Walter. Hellman served as president of

841-565: Was succeeded by his son, who sadly died a month later, on May 10, 1920. After his death, the Union Trust Company (which Hellman had incorporated in 1893) was merged into Wells Fargo Nevada National Bank in 1923 creating Wells Fargo & Union Trust Company . In 1954, Wells Fargo & Union Trust shortened its name to Wells Fargo Bank . In 1870, Hellman's cousin Isaiah M. Hellman was elected city treasurer while Isaias became

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