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The area that is now Ontario was probably part of the lands used for hunting and foraging by the nomadic Tongva, Gabrieleño Indians, who were known to roam as far east as the western San Bernardino Mountains. The Serrano Indians may have also used the land; the remains of a Serrano village were discovered in the neighboring foothills of the present-day city of Claremont . Juan Bautista de Anza is said to have passed through the area on his seventeen seventy-four expedition, and to this day a city park and a middle school bear his name. Following the eighteen nineteen establishment of San Bernardino Asistencia, which served as an outpost of the San Gabriel mission, it became part of a large, vaguely identified area called " San Antonio ". In eighteen twenty-six, Jedediah Smith passed through what is now Upland on the first overland journey to the West coast of North America via the National Old Trails Highway , present-day Foothill Blvd. Agriculture was vital to the early economy, and many street names recall this legacy. The Sunkist plant also remains as a living vestige of the citrus era. The Chaffey brothers left to found the settlement of Mildura , Australia , which was not as successful. Charles Frankish continued their work, and was instrumental in the eighteen eighty-seven creation of the mule cart, a mule-driven passenger trolley that traveled up Euclid Avenue to twenty-fourth Street . At that point, the mule was loaded onto a platform at the rear of the car and allowed to ride as gravity propelled the trolley back down the avenue to the downtown Ontario terminus. No longer in use, the mule cart is commemorated with an enclosed statue south of C Street on the Euclid Avenue median. In the years following Ontario 's founding, the economy was driven by its reputation as a health resort. Shortly thereafter, citrus farmers began taking advantage of Ontario 's rocky soil to plant lemon and orange groves. While few groves remain, the Sunkist Growers, Incorporated continues to operate a processing plant in the city. Agricultural opportunities also attracted vintners and olive growers. The Graber Olive House, which continues to produce olives, is a city historical landmark and one of the oldest institutions in Ontario . Dairy farming is also prevalent, as it continues to be in neighboring Chino .
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