Travel Guide La Verne

La Verne was founded in 1887 when Isaac Wilson Lord, an influential Los Angeles businessman, persuaded the Santa Fe Railroad to extend its line through this area where he owned considerable property. By 1919, because of the excellent productivity of the soil and favorable climate, more than a thousand carloads of fruit were shipped each year. The growing, harvesting, packing and shipping of citrus fruit dominated the economy in La Verne until the end of World War II. Today, La Verne is a city embedded in the greater Los Angeles suburbs, with Route 66 (Foothill Boulevard) running north through it.