ANTIQUE 1910 SAN BERNARDINO VALLEY CENTENNIAL CALIF SERRANO INDIAN POST CARD EX

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ANTIQUE 1910 SAN BERNARDINO VALLEY CENTENNIAL CALIFORNIA SERRANO INDIAN
POST CARD EX /
SAN BERNARDINO VALLEY CENTENNIAL 1819-1910 THE MOUNTAIN OF MYSTERY ARROWHEAD GUARDIAN OF THE VALLEY /
POSTALLY UNUSED WITH WRITING ON BACK / HELD IN PLASTIC TOPLOADER.
SHIPS USPS PRIORITY CLASS MAIL / INTERNATIONAL SHIPS FLAT RATE.
San Bernardino's earliest known inhabitants were Serrano Indians (Spanish for "people of the mountains") who spent their winters in the valley, and their summers in the cooler mountains. They were known as the "Yuhaviatam" or People of the Pines. They have lived in the valley since approximately 1000 B.C. They lived in small brush covered structures. At the time the Spanish first visited the valley, approximately 1500 Serranos inhabited the area. They lived in villages of ten to thirty structures that the Spanish named rancherías.