Fun Facts: La Verne, California

  • Named Lordsburg by founder Isaac W. Lord in the 1880s, this small town in the foothills was renamed La Verne in 1917.
  • One of the San Gabriel Valley’s last operating orange groves still thrives today at Heritage Park, allowing seasonal orange picking by the public—a living reminder of La Verne’s agricultural past.
  • University of La Verne, originally the 1891 Lordsburg College) was closely tied to the region’s suburban development during the heyday of the Mother Road.
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 POINTS OF INTEREST 
  • Mr. D’s Diner
  • 919 W. Foothill Blvd
  • La Paloma Restaurant
  • 2975 Foothill Blvd.
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