Redlands was incorporated Nov. 26, 1888, and in 126 years, this little town has made history in many ways.

Here are our claims to fame, in no particular order:

Pizza pub Gay ’90s was the inspiration for the television hit “Cheers.” The show’s creators, Glen and Les Charles, went to the University of Redlands, and spent a lot of time in “the place where everybody knows your name.”

Charles Nordhoff, who wrote “Mutiny on the Bounty,” is from here and is buried at Hillside Memorial Park.

The trolley barn on Citrus Avenue is the last trolley barn in Southern California.

The land at Opal Street and Citrus Avenue, behind Redlands East Valley High School, is the site of the Cram estate. It was leased by the famous Earp family in 1864. Nicholas Earp farmed the land for two years, but his son Wyatt Earp disliked farm life and sought adventure in San Timoteo Canyon with a freighting and stage line that shipped gold bullion — years before he and his older brothers Virgil and Morgan were in the legendary gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

The Zanja was constructed by hand in 1819 — almost 70 years before Redlands became a city. At the top of it still sits the 1892 Redlands Electric Light and Power Co. powerhouse. It’s where the first three-phase power in the United States was created. That power was generated and sent 60 miles away to Los Angeles in 1893. The company later became Southern California Edison.

Hatfield Buick, at 101, is the oldest Buick dealership of all.

When the University of Redlands made its running oval, a man trying to discern whether a galloping horse ever has all four feet off the ground at once took a series of rapid photos on that track, and that’s how the motion picture was invented. The horse’s name: Hollywood.

At the turn of the century when Redlanders were living on citrus groves, oranges sold for $5.95 a box. A tree gave about 20 boxes. You could put 90 trees on an acre, and the average person had about 10 acres, or 900 trees. You could pay for your house in a year. The Mitten Building is Redlands’ oldest packing house building. Redlands Foothill Groves is the last one in town in operation.

A segment of a classic 1968 Ford commercial was filmed in front of the corner house on the Hogsback, at The Terrace and Church Street. The University of Redlands is also featured.

The only survivor of the Zodiac killer lives in Redlands, and there is a group who suspects the 1948 killing of Redlands teen Margie Lee Winn was that serial killer’s first attack.

The Morey Mansion was sketched regularly on the funny pages as Broom Hilda’s home, starting in 1970.

Redlands was the first city in the state to require driver’s licenses.

The Doors video for L.A. Woman (their last album, released in 1971, three months before lead singer Jim Morrison died) was filmed in Redlands. You’ll recognize the opening scenes.

The first lighted tennis court west of the Mississippi is on Highland Avenue.

The Redlands Bowl is the longest running venue in the world where no admission is charged.

Redlands High School is the oldest high school in California still operating in its original spot.

The practice of saying the Pledge of Allegiance began at Kingsbury School.

The United States’ first woman career ambassador, Frances Elizabeth Willis, was a Redlander with a home on Highland Avenue. When Eleanor Roosevelt came to visit her, the first lady stayed at the Wissahickon Inn.

Citrograph Printing, at 127 years old, is the longest-running printing company in the state.

We have a lot to brag about.

Happy birthday, hometown of mine!