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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Riverside County, California
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| Near Cottonwood School Road east of Sage Road. |
| | This building was erected in 1897, the school having served the area in three other locations since before 1870. When it was discontinued in 1975, it was the last functioning one-room schoolhouse in Riverside County. Reminiscent of rural . . . — — Map (db m158695) HM |
| On Caprice Road north of California Route 79, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Gracious Host Station Keeper
Stage Driver U.S. Trooper
"A house beside the road
- A friend to man" — — Map (db m78595) HM |
| Near Coyote Canyon Road at Mangalar Road. |
| | On March 16, 1774, Juan Bautista de Anza, Indian fighter, explorer, and colonizer, led through this pass (named by him San Carlos) the first white explorers to cross the mountains into California. The party traveled from Tubac, Arizona, to Monterey, . . . — — Map (db m143392) HM |
| On Cahuilla Road (State Road 371) at Contreras Road on Cahuilla Road. |
| | Until the 1880s, James Hamilton was among the very first homesteaders in the Cahuilla Plains or Hamilton Plains, now Anza, and was a highly respected pioneer who overcame many obstacles in his life, including prejudice. The Hamilton School District . . . — — Map (db m50709) HM |
| On Juan Diego Flats Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | In this valley a conflict between the culture of the Indian and the white man resulted in the death of Juan Diego (Alessandro of the play Romona) by the hands of Sam Temple. — — Map (db m78591) HM |
| On West Hays Street at North 2nd Street, on the right when traveling west on West Hays Street. |
| | Built in 1915, the Banning Woman's Club Clubhouse is a frame building in the classical revival style with a plain entablature, simple doric columns, and palladian windows, as well as providing a meeting place for the woman's club, the socal and . . . — — Map (db m50710) HM |
| Near Interstate 10, 1.3 miles west of Oak Valley Parkway, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Chief Juan Antonio and his band of Cahuilla Indians helped white settlers in the San Bernardino area defend their property and livestock against outlaws during the 1840s and 1850s. In late 1851, Juan Antonio, his warriors and their families, settled . . . — — Map (db m131558) HM |
| Near Hobsonway Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Blythe Army Air Base was constructed during 1942 to train heavy bomber crews.
127 officers and men recevied orders in February 1943, to form 4 squadrons of the 390th Bombardment Group (H).
The 390th B-17s joined the 8th Air Force in England . . . — — Map (db m78572) HM |
| On U.S. 95 at milepost 10.5, on the right when traveling north. |
| | On July 17, 1877, Thomas Blythe, a San Francisco financier, filed the first legal claim for Colorado River water rights. Oliver Callaway planned a diversion dam and canal which opened in 1877 to irrigate the Palo Verde Valley. This made possible the . . . — — Map (db m50678) HM |
| On Midland Road 10 miles north of Interstate 10, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In May 1964, U.S. Strike Command (STRICOM) launched the largest military war game since World War II. Known as Joint Exercise Desert Strike, this two-week training exercise simulated a nuclear air and ground battle between the mythical governments . . . — — Map (db m78531) HM |
| On State Highway 95 at milepost 15.3, on the right when traveling north. |
| |
Times of origin and meaning of these giant figures, the largest 167 feet long, smallest 95 feet, remains a mystery. There are three figures, two of animals and a coiled serpent, and some interesting lines.
[Panel #1]
Blythe . . . — — Map (db m50992) HM |
| Near U.S. 95 at milepost 10.5, 0.2 miles east of U.S. 95. |
| | Dedicated to the many pioneers that recognized the potential and value to our Valley of a gravity irrigation system, and the sacrifices made obtaining it.
In particular, to honor the following three persons, whose contributions uniquely . . . — — Map (db m39444) HM |
| On 38th Avenue 1.5 miles east of South Neighbours Boulevard, in the median. Reported missing. |
| | When Jim Taylor acquired his ferry in 1922, he had just completed his connecting, hand-made highway on both sides of the Colorado River. His plan to attract the Los Angeles to Phoenix traffic had faded with the continued success of the . . . — — Map (db m138178) HM |
| Near Wiley Well Road 0.1 miles north of Interstate 10. |
| | A.P. Wiley, storekeeper and postmaster at Palo Verde, financed miners to prospect this area early in the1900s. He also financed the first well, approximately 9 miles southerly of here, it was used and maintained for years by prospectors and . . . — — Map (db m50671) HM |
| Near Chiriaco Road near Summit Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The way Leonardo da Vinci saw it, the problem with cannons of the time was that they took far to long to load. His solution to that problem was to build multi-barreled guns that could be loaded and fired simultaneously.
This idea forms the . . . — — Map (db m99299) HM |
| Near Chiriaco Road near Summit. |
| | Training troops in desert warfare in preparation for Operation "Torch." The invasion of German held North Africa. The world's largest military installation, training 60 divisions and more than one million soldiers. — — Map (db m99284) HM |
| On Chiriaco Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The Camp Young Airstrip was established at this site in March 1942 by order of General George S. Patton. It was used to provide Camp Young with supplies and other essential material. It supported air transportation for the command staff of the . . . — — Map (db m78550) HM |
| Near Chiriaco Road near Summit Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | It was in 1346 that the English first used cannons which, propelled by exploding gunpowder, fired stone balls. Despite this, progress in that area of military weaponry was not fast, and it was here Leonardo's particularly applied his thinking. This . . . — — Map (db m99298) HM |
| Near Chiriaco Road near Summit Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The basic design of the catapult had been in use for hundreds of years before da Vinci embarked on improving it. He actually came up with different models. This particular design used a double leaf spring to produce an enormous amount of energy in . . . — — Map (db m99294) HM |
| | “For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty..”
Colonel Mitchell Paige, U.S. Marine Corps, October 26, 1942 • Hospital Corpsman First Class Robert E. Bush, U.S. Navy, May 2, 1945 • . . . — — Map (db m108612) WM |
| Near Chiriaco Road (Business Interstate 10) just north of Summit Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | The D.T.C was established by Major General George S. Patton Jr. in response to a need to train American combat troops for battle in North Africa during World War II. The camp, which began operation in 1942 covered 18,000 square miles. It was the . . . — — Map (db m50700) HM |
| On Chiriaco Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | This monument is dedicated to the men and women of the United States Army who were trained here at the Desert Training Center during World War II. — — Map (db m78559) HM |
| On Chiriaco Road near Summit Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | California-Arizona Route
1824 — — Map (db m99274) HM |
| On Chiriaco Road near Summit Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | There are several designs for horse-drawn scythed chariots among Leonardo's sketches.
The first involved the use of four large scythes which were mounted in a manner similar to helicopter blades. Leonardo was a peaceable man who despised war, . . . — — Map (db m99297) HM |
| On Chiriaco Road 0.1 miles east of Summit Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | In 1933, Dr. Sidney R. Garfield opened Contractors General Hospital thirteen miles east of here. This facility successfully delivered health care to Colorado River Aqueduct workers through an innovative prepaid insurance plan. Later, in association . . . — — Map (db m153949) HM |
| On Chiriaco Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Joseph L. Chiriaco came to California from Alabama in 1925. His work as a surveyor for the Los Angeles Bureau of Water and Power and later for the Metropolitan Water District on the Colorado River aqueduct, begun in 1931, brought him to the desert . . . — — Map (db m78543) HM |
| Near Chiriaco Road north of Interstate 10, on the left when traveling east. |
| |
[This is a four sided monument displaying three different markers:]
Front - Facing West:
Desert Training Center
* Camp Young *
Maj. Gen. George S. Patton Jr., U.S. Army, selected Camp Young as headquarters site for the Desert . . . — — Map (db m32139) HM |
| On Ragsdale Road east of Eagle Mountain Road, on the right when traveling west. Reported missing. |
| | During the opening days of the World War II, more than 18,000 square miles of the Arizona and California desert were designated by the U.S. Army as a military training facility. The facility, conceived by General George Patton and referred to as the . . . — — Map (db m78512) HM |
| On California Route 177 at milepost 17 at Coxcomb Monument Road, on the left when traveling north on State Route 177. Reported missing. |
| | Camp Coxcomb was established at this site in the Spring of 1942. It was one of fifteen such camps built in the southwestern deserts to harden and train United States troops for service on the battlefields of World War II. The Desert Training Center . . . — — Map (db m78513) HM |
| On Box Canyon Road, on the right. |
| | Dedicated to the man
behind the well
John Shaver
1854 - 1935 — — Map (db m78565) HM |
| On Cottonwood Springs Road at unknown dirt road, on the right when traveling north on Cottonwood Springs Road. |
| | Camp Young, named after Lt. Gen. S.B.M. Young, the 1st Army Chief of Staff, was established at this site in the Spring of 1942. It was one of twelve such camps built in the southwestern deserts to harden and train United States Troops for service to . . . — — Map (db m78581) HM |
| | Wall of Honor
These Stars are Dedicated to the Veterans of Riverside County who were awarded the Medal of Honor by the President of the United States.
These Recipients performed with Valor and Heroism “Above and Beyond” the . . . — — Map (db m114707) WM |
| Near Orchard St at 6th St, on the left when traveling south. |
| | This water trough was constructed on the Southern Pacific Railroad property along Cantaloup Avenue for watering teams of horses hauling cantaloupes and onions. It replaced a wooden trough on Front Street used in the early industry of shipping . . . — — Map (db m113032) HM |
| Near East 6th Street east of East Grand Boulevard, on the left when traveling east. |
| | R. B. Taylor, George L. Joy, Samuel Merrill, A. S. Garretson, and Adolph Rimpau, having purchased lands of the La Sierra Rancho of Bernardo Yorba and the El Temescal Grant of Leandro Serrano on May 4, 1886, founded the citrus colony and town of . . . — — Map (db m82151) HM |
| On West Foothill Parkway 0.1 miles east of Highgrove Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Established in 1911 by S.B. Hampton, this was the center of 2,000 acres of groves, the largest single lemon ranch in California. The remaining headquarters and surrounding buildings were converted to Corona Heritage Park & Museum Dec. 7, 2000 by a . . . — — Map (db m105188) HM |
| On Temescal Canyon Road 0.9 miles south of Interstate 15, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This route was used by Luiseño and Gabrieleño Indians, whose villages were nearby. Leandro Serrano established a home here in 1820. Jackson and Warner traveled the road in 1831, and Frémont in 1848. It was the southern emigrant road for gold seekers . . . — — Map (db m82468) HM |
| On Temescal Canyon Road near Interstate 15, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Nearby, two vats were built in 1819 by the Luiseño Indians under the direction of Leandro Serrano, first non-Indian settler in what is now Riverside County. The vats were used in making leather from cow hides. In 1981 the vats were restored and . . . — — Map (db m50643) HM |
| | Where mail was delivered, horses changed and passengers given rest and a meal. First stage carrying overland mail left Tipton, Missouri on Sept. 15, 1858 and, passing through Temescal arrived in Los Angeles onOct. 7, 1858.
First dedicated by . . . — — Map (db m82155) HM |
| On Un-named Dirt Road south of Lawson Road, on the right when traveling south. Reported missing. |
| |
Built about 1824
by Leandro Serrano — — Map (db m143406) HM |
| On Temescal Canyon Road near Interstate 15, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Nearby, an adobe house was built about 1867. It was occupied until 1898 by Leandro Serrano's widow, Josefa. Under Spanish law, she owned the surrounding 20,000-acre Rancho Temescal; but her ownership was denied by the US Supreme Court. — — Map (db m50645) HM |
| On Temescal Canyon Road near Interstate 15, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Built in 1819 by Leonardo Serrano — — Map (db m51463) HM |
| On Cottonwood Springs Road. |
| | It seems to me that the strangest and wonder of existence are emphasized here, in the desert, by the comparative sparcity of the flora and fauna: life not crowded upon life…with a generous gift of space for each herb and bush and tree, each stem . . . — — Map (db m92513) HM |
| On Corn Springs Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Mortar holes and rock paintings mark this as a one time Indian habitation. Gold and silver prospectors found the spring flowing as late as the 1920s. One of them, Gus Lederer, gave up roving and became known as "Mayor of Corn Springs." He lived in a . . . — — Map (db m63887) HM |
| Near Ragsdale Road west of Desert Center Rice Road (County Route 177), on the right when traveling east. Reported missing. |
| | The Iron Chief, Black Eagle and other mines produced gold at Eagle Mountain between 1881 and 1900 from ores containing as much as 54 per cent iron. L.S. Barnes secured options and sold the mines to Southern Pacific Railroad in 1909. Kaiser Steel . . . — — Map (db m124247) HM |
| On Corn Springs Road near Interstate 10, on the right when traveling west. |
| |
Prospector
Burro Fancier
Vegetable Gardener
"Mayor of Corn Springs" — — Map (db m78596) HM |
| | A common question asked by visitors entering Joshua Tree National Park through the southern entrance is “Where are the Joshua trees?” Sometime the Mojave yucca, a close relative is mistaken, for a Joshua tree. The reality is that Joshua . . . — — Map (db m92514) HM |
| Near Ramona Bowl Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Within this valley was laid part of the scene, and here resided a number of the characters portrayed in Helen Hunt Jackson's historical novel, "Ramona", which depicted life and presented the status of the Indians of many great ranchos in early . . . — — Map (db m50997) HM |
| On California Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | This pictograph, representing a maze is an outstanding example of the work of prehistoric peoples. It, with 575 acres of land was donated to Riverside County as a county park on April 16, 1955 by Mr. and Mrs. Roger E. Miller. — — Map (db m50993) HM |
| On Ramona Bowl Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Pochea was one of cluster of Indian villages forming the very large settlement of Pahsitna which extended along the ridge east and west of Ramona Bowl. Pahsitnah was thriving when the Spanish first passed by in 1774. A tragic story tells of the . . . — — Map (db m50668) HM |
| On Iowa Avenue at Spring Street, on the right when traveling south on Iowa Avenue. |
| | The first commercially significant hydroelectric plant in California, designed and built by Gustavus Olivio Newman, went into service here in 1888. Utilizing the flow of the Riverside Water Company Canal to produce about 225 kilowatts of power used . . . — — Map (db m50704) HM |
| On California Route 111 east of El Dorado Drive, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Dwight David Eisenhower, born on October 14, 1890, the third of six sons to a modest family in Denison, Texas, was raised in Abilene, Kansas. He excelled in baseball and football in high school. Eisenhower saw education as a way to better himself . . . — — Map (db m82137) HM WM |
| Near California Route 111 at Eldorado Drive. |
| | Eisenhower Mountain towers 1,952 feet above Eldorado Country Club, the oldest residential country club in Indian Wells, and the desert home of President and Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
"Ike" and Mamie spent many winters beneath the peak, . . . — — Map (db m113069) HM |
| On California Route 111 at Eldorado Dr, on the right when traveling west on State Route 111. |
| | The Eisenhower Walk of Honor allows all of us to recall the debt of gratitude owed to ordinary people for extraordinary acts of patriotism and courage. Men and women doing their duty for their country, honorably and with integrity.
This tribute . . . — — Map (db m114773) HM WM |
| On California Route 111 0.1 miles east of El Dorado Drive, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Honoring the memory of the early Cahuillan Indian Clans who dug the Indian well 400 feet back of this monument, and the pioneer settlers, prospectors and stage line passengers who camped at the county well, located 50 feet back of this monument. The . . . — — Map (db m82466) HM |
| Near Deglet Noor Street north of Miles Avenue, on the right when traveling south. Reported missing. |
| | This K-8 one room schoolhouse, once known as the Indio Public School, was the second school building to be erected in the area that is now Indio. Originally situated on the Southeast corner of Bliss and Fargo, it was later moved behind the original . . . — — Map (db m78528) HM |
| On Indio Boulevard east of Smurr Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Dr. June Robertson McCarroll was born June 30, 1867 in the Adirondacks and began her medical career in Chicago. She left a promising practice for Indio in 1904. Becoming the sole practicing physician for the entire Coachella Valley. She traveled by . . . — — Map (db m78540) HM |
| On Civic Center Mall at Fargo St, on the right when traveling east on Civic Center Mall. |
| | The Coachella Valley's developing agricultural industry created a need for electric services. Substation were located next to cold storage houses, providing power to preserve the Valley's bountiful produce. In 1943, the Imperial Irrigation District . . . — — Map (db m113068) HM |
| On Indio Boulevard, on the right when traveling south. |
| | On this date, Oct 11, 1991,
Reverend Jimmy Swaggart
picked up a "date" at
Clark's Travel Center. — — Map (db m55139) HM |
| Near Miles Avenue at Daglet Noor Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In 1926 Smiley Place was built by Dr. Harry W. Smiley. It served as the first medical office in Indio, as well as a residence for he and his wife, Frances. The Smiley's made significant contributions to the social and medical development of the . . . — — Map (db m50728) HM |
| Near Miles Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | USS Liberty Tree
May 1, 2004 this grand ole Cork Oak tree dedicated to honor all members of the Armed Forces. As a 50th commemoration of the Korean War 1950-1953, we honor the 5,720,000 Americans who served, the 33,651 killed in action, the . . . — — Map (db m142705) WM |
| | ...For Conspicuous Gallantry and Intrepidity
at the Risk of Life Above and Beyond
the Call of Duty... — — Map (db m72639) WM |
| | Once connected to the Gulf of California, waters within the Salton Basin extended nearly to Palm Springs. Because of deposits from the silt laden Colorado River, the north end of the gulf (now in Imperial County) was sealed off and Lake Cahuilla was . . . — — Map (db m78567) HM |
| On Wineville Avenue at Harrel Street, on the right when traveling south on Wineville Avenue. |
| | The Galleano Winery is the oldest winemaking operation in Riverside County. In 1927 Domenico Galleano pruchased the ranch from Col. Esteban Cantu, Governor of Baja California (1915-1920), including this house which dates from the 1890s. The barn, . . . — — Map (db m50714) HM |
| On Pines to Palms Highway (California Route 74), on the right when traveling south. |
| |
Construction on Lake Hemet Dam began in 1891 and was completed four years later on October of 1895. It stood at 122.5 feet and was the largest solid masonry dam in the world. A title it held for sixteen years.
Building of the dam itself was . . . — — Map (db m78534) HM |
| On Pines to Palms Highway (California Route 74) north of Forest Route 6S13, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Lured by the promise of rich gold ore in the nearby Tahquitz Mining District, Harold Kenworthy arrived in Hemet Valley (now Garner Valley) in 1896 to establish the mining town he called Kenworthy. It was a thriving community with a store, hotel, . . . — — Map (db m78527) HM |
| Near Tenaja Road near Clinton Kieth Road. |
| | This historic site was granted by Governor Pio Pico to Juan Moreno in 1846. The rancho is a prime example of human history in Southern
California. Archaeological evidence indicates that Native Americans occupied this area for over 6000 years and . . . — — Map (db m127950) HM |
| On Sea View Drive at Marina Drive, on the right when traveling south on Sea View Drive. |
| | This property has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.
Designed by architect Albert Frey, the building resembles a ship with its curved prow, second-story ‘bridge’, porthole . . . — — Map (db m131763) HM |
| On El Paseo, on the right when traveling east. |
| | In Memoriam
In Deep Appreciation of
These Courageous Young Americans
From the Coachella Valley
Who Have Made the Supreme Sacrifice.
Killed In Action
Vietnam
P.F.C. Dennis Read — Army
Spl./4th Class, Edwarxd Angiano . . . — — Map (db m113335) WM |
| On North Palm Canyon Drive (Business California Route 111) south of East Amado Drive, on the right when traveling south. Reported missing. |
| | On this site in 1908, Nellie N. Coffman (1867-1950),
husband Harry and two sons, George Roberson and Earl Coffman established a small health resort hotel, Desert Inn. Her ability, determination, and charm extended the resorts reputation and people . . . — — Map (db m113078) HM |
| On North Palm Canyon Drive, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This small Spanish Eclectic structure was the northernmost residence in the village of Palm Springs when it was built in the 1920s. As the city grew, there was an increasing need for community services, especially along "Main Street," and Dr. Smith . . . — — Map (db m82141) HM |
| On North Palm Canyon Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Prescott T. Stevens, developer of the El Mirador Hotel, donated this site and the funds to build the Frances S. Stevens School, in memory of his wife and her interest in education. The first two rooms were completed in 1927. Katherine Finchy, who . . . — — Map (db m82139) HM |
| On North Palm Canyon Drive (Business California Route 111), on the right when traveling south. |
| | This structure was built c. 1934 by the California Water & Telephone Company as a business office and switching center. It was purchased by General Telephone in 1967 and continued as a switching center until 1984. The structure is constructed of . . . — — Map (db m52738) HM |
| On 182 North Palm Canyon Drive (Business California Route 111), on the left when traveling south. |
| | Desert pioneer, Carl Lykken, built the first general store in the village in 1914. For many years it contained the only telephone and the post office. The store was remodeled with the existing overhang and arches when sidewalks were installed in the . . . — — Map (db m52734) HM |
| Near South Palm Canyon Drive south of West Arenas Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The McCallum Adobe, the oldest remaining building in Palm Springs was built in 1885 for John and Emily McCallum, the areas first white settlers. Originally constructed on the corner of Palm Canyon Drive and Tahquitz Way, and later a part of the . . . — — Map (db m52731) HM |
| Near South Palm Canyon Drive at El Camino Way, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Site of Moorten’s Desert Land and Botanical Garden, established by Patricia and Cactus Slim Moorten, 1940. — — Map (db m131654) HM |
| On North Palm Canyon Drive (Business California Route 111) south of East Tahquitz Canyon Way, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The Oasis Hotel, constructed 1923-25, contained approximately 20 units and included the Tower Building, the only three story hotel building in Palms Springs for many years.
The 40 foot tower, with its pyramidal roof, provided access to the . . . — — Map (db m52742) HM |
| On South Palm Canyon Drive, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The Plaza Theatre opened in December 1936 with a screening of "Camille", a tragic love story starring Robert Taylor and Greta Garbo; actor Ralph Bellamy served as master of ceremonies for this event which attracted about 40 Hollywood celebrities. . . . — — Map (db m82142) HM |
| On North Palm Canyon Drive (Business California Route 111) south of East Amado Drive. |
| | This is the site of the first community church in Palm Springs. Welwood Murray donated the land in 1906 and the little church stood as a landmark in the village until 1934. The existing Carnell Building designed by Harold Williams was completed in . . . — — Map (db m52736) HM |
| On North Palm Canyon Drive at West Chino Drive, on the right when traveling south on North Palm Canyon Drive. |
| | This is one of the original street markers used following the incorporation of the City of Palm Springs in 1938. Dr. J. J. Kocher and Philip Boyd, then secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, had renamed the streets in 1930 at which time Main Avenue . . . — — Map (db m82140) HM |
| On North Palm Canyon Drive (Business California Route 111) north of East Amado Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | A rare example of a Depression Era Art Modern style building in Palm Springs. The double and triple bands of horizontal 'streamline' moldings, flat unembellished blocky wall surfaces, and symmetrical façade are characteristics of the Art Modern . . . — — Map (db m52737) HM |
| | The Kausik Cahuilla are the owners of one of California's most famous hot springs. This natural resource provided them with permanent, palatable mineral waters which
were used for curing, drinking, and agriculture. It also was a direct access to . . . — — Map (db m142125) HM |
| Near Tahquitz Canyon Way at Indian Canyon Drive. Reported permanently removed. |
| | The warm spring here was the site of Se-Khe (Boiling Water), important village of the Kawasic Cahuilla Indians. The Spanish called it Agua Caliente (Hot Water). A stage station of that name operated from 1862 to 1876. As early as 1871 the Indians . . . — — Map (db m142126) HM |
| On Tramway Road at Palm Canyon Drive, on the right when traveling west on Tramway Road. |
| | Designed by Albert Frey and Robson Chambers.
Conceived by developer Culver Nichols as
an entry statement to Palm Springs, the roof
is a hyperbolic paraboloid of steel I-beams
and corrugated metal roofing supported by
steel tubular pillars. . . . — — Map (db m131565) HM |
| On South Palm Canyon Drive (Business California Route 111) at Tahquitz Canyon Way, on the left when traveling south on South Palm Canyon Drive. |
| | In 1938 George Welwood Murray donated this land to provide for a library as a memorial to his father, Welwood Murray, pioneer hotel operator. Cornelia white donated an additional strip of property on the eastern end of the site. The existing . . . — — Map (db m52732) HM |
| On Pine Cove Road at Chickadee Lane, on the right when traveling north on Pine Cove Road. |
| | From this location instruments reflected light in 1926 to Mount Wilson, 82 miles northwest. The work was one of a series of experiments conducted by Nobel Prize-winning scientist Dr. Albert A Michelson to refine the value of the speed of light. . . . — — Map (db m129941) HM |
| Near Moraga Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | On January 1, 1776, the first party of colonists to come overland to the Pacific Coast crossed the Santa Ana River south of this marker and camped between here and the river. Recruited in the presidios of Sonora, Mexico, and led by Lt. Col. Juan . . . — — Map (db m50995) HM |
| On Lemon Street north of 4th Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | This house was purchased in 1915 by local restaurant proprietor Jukichi Harada in the names of his three American-born minor children. It was remodeled and expanded to two stories in 1916. The question of legal ownership of this house resulted in . . . — — Map (db m154720) HM |
| On Briggs Street at Mill Creek Street, on the right when traveling south on Briggs Street. |
| | Danish sea captain Cornelius Jensen sailed to San Francisco during the Gold Rush to sell his cargo. In 1854 he settled in Agua Mansa, established a store, and married Mercedes Alvarado, a descendant of a pioneer Californio family. The Jensens . . . — — Map (db m50685) HM |
| Near Mount Rubidoux Drive. |
| | During the equestrian games of the 10th Olympiad,
Lt Col Shunzo Kido turned aside from the prize to save his horse.
He heard the low voice of mercy, not the loud acclaim of glory.
情は武士の道 . . . — — Map (db m147984) HM |
| Near Mission Inn Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Frank A. Miller (1857-1935) made adobe bricks for a small 12 room guest house which he opened in 1876. Over the years by successive building additions he fulfilled his dream by recreating this early California Mission style setting of a hotel. — — Map (db m50994) HM |
| On Mount Rubidoux Drive at 9th Street, on the right when traveling south on Mount Rubidoux Drive. |
| | With the backing of Southern Pacific Railroad magnate Henry E. Huntington, Mount Rubidoux was purchased by Frank Miller of the Mission Inn in 1906. In an attempt to beautify the mountain and to sell residential lots at its base, a road was built and . . . — — Map (db m120431) HM |
| On Van Buren Boulevard, on the left when traveling west. |
| | We honor here the sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of Americans held prisoner of war, and those still listed as Missing In Action since the time of the American Revolution. Some died from disease and starvation, some perished in death marches, . . . — — Map (db m54380) WM |
| On Arlington Avenue at Magnolia Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Arlington Avenue. |
| | To honor Mrs. Eliza Tibbets,
and to commend her good work
in planting at Riverside in 1873
the First Washington
Navel Orange Trees
in California,
native to Bahia Brazil,
proved the most valuable
fruit introduction yet made by
the United . . . — — Map (db m154354) HM |
| On Arlington Avenue at Magnolia Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Arlington Avenue. |
| | To Commemorate the introduction of the first Marsh Grapefruit Trees into California, brought to Riverside from Lakeland, Florida in 1890 by Twogood and Cutter, pioneer nurserymen, and to honor J.E. Cutter who planted here one of those first trees. — — Map (db m82144) HM |
| On Center Street west of Orange Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Within the building on this site stand the remaining walls of the Trujillo Adobe. The adobe was the center of La Placita de Los Trujillos, a village founded here in the 1860s. Many generations of the Trujillo family lived in the adobe. La Placita . . . — — Map (db m143382) HM |
| On Van Buren Boulevard, on the left when traveling west. |
| | This memorial is dedicated to eulogize
the sacrifices of American Veterans.
It is to commemorate them, their comrades,
their personal and emotional sacrifices,
and to acknowledge those Americans who
have lost loved ones in the service . . . — — Map (db m54379) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m54430) HM |
| On Molino Way at Fort Drive, on the right when traveling east on Molino Way. |
| | In 1846 the first grist mill in this region was built nearby by Louis Robidoux, owner of this section of Rancho Jurupa. The mill provided flour, a popular but scarce commodity, for settlers and American troops. The mill was washed away by a flood in . . . — — Map (db m139100) HM |
| On South San Jacinto Avenue (California Route 79) at East 6th Street, on the right when traveling south on South San Jacinto Avenue. |
| | Three miles west of this site, on July 14, 1937, three Soviet aviators completed a transpolar flight from Moscow in 62 hours, 17 minutes, establishing a new world's nonstop distance record of 6,305 miles. The huge single-engine aircraft, an ANT-25 . . . — — Map (db m50706) HM |
| On Cottonwood Avenue at South Sanderson Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Cottonwood Avenue. |
| | Near this site on July 14, 1937, three Russian aviators completed a transpolar flight from Moscow in 62 hrs, 17 min establishing a new world's nonstop distance record of 6,305 miles. The huge single-engine aircraft, an ANT-25 military reconnaissance . . . — — Map (db m50681) HM |
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