The College Letter

 

In February 1912, 26 men from the College climbed up the mountainside above Palmer Canyon, overlooking the Pomona campus miles away, to clear the brush to create an immense letter P. Constructed atop Palmer Canyon overlooking the Pomona College campus, the letter was more than 200 feet long and 150 feet wide, and the lines of the letter, made of whitewashed rocks, were 30 feet wide. In later years, students would build fires to light the letter prior to games against rival Occidental College.