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The San Bernardino Area Chamber of Commerce  Many influences, many cultures and many decades have gone into the making of San Bernardino—now a modern, city. It has that indescribable air of a city which has known stirring days. San Bernardino’s colorful history begins in the early years of the 19th century. Spanish missionaries were the first settlers to the region. They chose the fertile valley at the foot of a majestic mountain range as an outpost for other missionaries who traveled throughout the California territory preaching to the various Indian tribes.  While Juan Bautista headed the first party of white men to enter San Bernardino County at any point, to Father Francisco Hamenglido Garces belongs the honor of being the first white man to enter the San Bernardino Valley in the vicinity of San Bernardino. Father Garces had accompanied the De Anza expedition in 1774, when it crossed the Colorado River near Yuma and made its way through the mountains south of Mt. San Jacinto, proceeding on to the old site of the San Gabriel Mission.