This group of San Bernardino Pioneers was the daring folks that in the 1850s traveled by wagon trains on the Santa Fe and Salt Lake Trails that brought them to San Bernardino. They formed a pioneer society in our town. They had their portraits displayed at the Pioneer Cabin on F Street in San Bernardino. The portraits were tagged with a number that corresponded with an index that contained names of the individuals in the pictures. These numbers appear on the negatives and therefore are visible on our digitized photos. A fire destroyed the cabin, the pictures, and the index. The firemen saved a box of negatives. A number of years after the fire, the negatives were located at the fire station. Then later they were presented to the San Bernardino Public Library. Prints were made. The original negatives and prints are available at the San Bernardino Public Library in the California Room. The prints were put in a notebook with as much information as possible concerning the people depicted. Mary L. Lewis compiled this work. She included brief biographies on such notables as John Brown, Jr., George Cooley, Henry Goodcell, Dr. Ben Barton, and the Holcomb family. She also made a copy of the notebook and that was given to The City of San Bernardino Historical and Pioneer Society located at D and 8th Streets.