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Guasti, a farm laborer, had come to Southern California from Asti, Italy via Mexico. After coming to Los Angeles in 1878 he hired on as a cook in an Italian restaurant. There he fell in love with and married the daughter of the proprietor. Before purchasing the land, Guasti and his wife would quite often travel to the dry, sandy area which sprawled below the beautiful foothills of Cucamonga. On each of his visits he would consider the dream of turning this expanse of desert land into a great, thriving vineyard.

After acquiring the land, he began planting grapevines. He brought in cuttings from Italy and France. This vineyard eventually grew to be over 5000 acres in size. Guasti then established the Italian Vineyard Company and in 1904 he began construction on the winery and houses for the workers. The houses lined both sides of the railroad tracks and were said to be very fine buildings. Guasti built two or three rooming houses for the unmarried men and an inn where the operator, a man named Pertussati, offered good food, drink and warm hospitality. There was also a company store which is still intact and in operation today.

Secundo Guasti also made sure that the educational and physical needs of the families were take care of. He established a school for the children and made arrangements for a doctor to visit the company town about every two weeks. A railroad station was in use when the winery was in full operation. The station-master was Pasqual Ortiz. After Guasti built his company town he decided that a church was needed and thus began construction in 1924. He called it Secundo d'Asti after his beloved church in Asti, Italy.

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