Redefining the Inland Valley

I bought Bob Smith's book Redefining the Inland Valley back when it first came out.

You'll note that Smith referred to the "Inland Valley" instead of the "Inland Empire," probably borrowing the term from the newspaper, the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (previously discussed here). If you go to the Los Angeles Newspaper Group website, they'll say that the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin was founded in 1885, which implies that the term "Inland Valley" has been around for over 100 years. However, the Los Angeles Newspaper Group has kinda sorta condensed the history of the paper, which actually came into existence when the Ontario Daily Report and Pomona Progress Bulletin merged into a single entity on April 30, 1990.

Smith's book is still available on amazon.com.