Authors Patrick Conyers and Cedar Phillips wrote this book on behalf of the Pasadena Museum of History, the only museum dedicated to preserving and sharing the history and culture of the west San Gabriel Valley. Dr. Conyers serves as a trustee on the museumas board of directors, while Phillips works at the museum as a writer and historian. The pair also coauthored Pasadena: A Business History, and Phillips is the author of Early Pasadena.