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==Name== In Spanish, the word ''cajΓ³n'' refers to a box or drawer. The name of the pass is derived from the Spanish land grant encompassing the area; it was first referred to in English on an 1852 map.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=M-22djGNuhwC&dq=Cajon%20Pass%20etymology&pg=SL3-PA46 California Place Names: The Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names]</ref> Early [[Latter-day Saint]] documents, which often referred to the pass as "Cahoon Pass", suggest an alternate explanation for the name, that it is named in honor of Mormon pioneer Andrew Cahoon (pronounced similarly to Cajon), who was an early settler in nearby San Bernardino and assisted in surveying and laying out the city of San Bernardino.<ref>{{cite book |last=Cahoon Shurtleff |first=Stella |date=2015 |title=Reynolds Cahoon and his stalwart sons: Utah pioneer|pages=124β125}}</ref>
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