| 词条 | Azariel Blanchard Miller |
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|name=Azariel Blanchard Miller |image=AB Miller in Fontana Mural.jpg |caption=A.B. Miller on horseback as depicted in an outdoor mural in downtown Fontana, California |birth_date={{birth date|1878|9|5}} |birth_place=Redlands, California, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1941|4|13|1878|9|5}} |death_place=Fontana, California, U.S. }} Azariel Blanchard Miller (5 September 1878 – 13 April 1941) was an American farmer, rancher, and developer credited with founding the city of Fontana, California, in 1913. Miller Park, Miller Avenue, and Fontana A.B. Miller High School are community landmarks named after him. Personal lifeMiller was born in either Redlands, California[1] or Richlands, North Carolina, to Joseph Kempster Miller and Eliza (Blanchard) Miller, he spent his childhood in Washington, D.C. before finishing his schooling in Riverside, California. He also attended one year at Claremont College in Pomona, California.[2] His brother Kempster Blanchard Miller (1870–1933) was an electrical engineer and executive with the Kellogg Switchboard & Supply Company (1899–1904), and wrote what has been considered the seminal textbook on the telephone technology of the time, "American Telephone Practice."[3] He was also the uncle of Ruth Miller, also known as Ruth Blanchard Miller or Ruth Kempster, a renowned California artist whose works were exhibited at the 1932 Olympics. Founding of FontanaUpon purchasing 17,000 acres in what was first called Rosena in 1905, Miller used 200 horses, mules, plows and scrapers to transform the area into citrus fruit orchards, poultry and cattle farms.[4] The town was renamed Fontana in 1913. Businessman, DeveloperMiller was President of Fontana Farms (citrus), Fontana Land Company, Fontana Union Water Company (still in operation[5]), Fontana Power Company, B. B. Company, and Miller Livestock Company.[6] He was also founder and first director of the First National Bank of Fontana[1] Community Involvement
DeathAzariel Blanchard Miller died on 13 April 1941 in Fontana, California, at the age of 62. References1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/general_history/overview/regents/biographies_m.html |title=University of California History Digital Archives |publisher=Sunsite.berkeley.edu |date= |accessdate=22 December 2010}} 2. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O9gBAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA535&lpg=PA535&dq=%22fontana+development+company%22&source=bl&ots=rfKdCgFIGI&sig=_YTsYL8EkqZ62TccgYNzQdFF5gA&hl=en&ei=zhC2TIadL4PFnAf96ZFr&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CBkQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22fontana%20development%20company%22&f=false |title=Press reference library - Google Books |publisher=Books.google.com |date=15 July 2006 |accessdate=22 December 2010}} 3. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=64lRAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=american+telephone+practice&source=bl&ots=Du3WJWUGOO&sig=ZMnF3vYzIzVE1f_6IfyCFTxh0YE&hl=en&ei=YZQCTcL1OMemnQfvrMnlDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=American telephone practice - Google Books |publisher=Books.google.com |date=28 November 2007 |accessdate=22 December 2010}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.fusd.net/fusdhistory/schoolnames.stm |title=School Names |publisher=FUSD |date= |accessdate=22 December 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123174408/http://fusd.net/fusdhistory/schoolnames.stm |archivedate=23 November 2010 |deadurl=yes }} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.fontanawater.com/ |title=Fontana Water Company |publisher=Fontanawater.com |date=1 July 2010 |accessdate=22 December 2010}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/quilt/school.htm |title=Fontana: Historical Quilt |publisher=Score.rims.k12.ca.us |date=13 April 1941 |accessdate=22 December 2010}} External links
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