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 Interesting Stories |
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| The Union Soldier At the East end of Bellevue Memorial Park, between rows of graves where the park’s entrance used to be, sits a mound of rocks and a Civil War cannon; all that remains of the Civil War Memorial which once supported the 1908 copper statue depicting a Union soldier. After years of repeated vandalism and weather-related damage, with his head split in two places and dents and holes in his uniform, the Union Soldier statue had to be retired to the park’s storage garage, to protect it from further damage. CLICK HERE for Full Story (PDF file) |
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| The Chaffey's Under the shade of majestic Deodar Cedars, Oaks and Magnolia trees in one of the older sections of Bellevue Memorial Park, a bit of Ontario’s history comes to life through nine members of the Chaffey family who rest here. The most well recognized of the Chaffeys to our City of Ontario, are George Chaffey, who along with his brother William, founded Etiwanda and Ontario in 1882. Born January 28, 1848, in Brockville, Canada, George (Jr.) came to Southern California to join his family who had emigrated here and worked for his uncle Elswood Chaffey in the insurance business. CLICK HERE for Full Story (PDF file) |
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