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 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
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
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
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
January 1909: The Beaumont Woman's
Club votes to work for the establishment
of a library.
March 11, 1909: The Club appoints a
five-member committee to investigate the
matter of opening a reading room.
November 1909: The club . . . — — Map (db m175955) HM
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
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 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
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
In 1932, pilot George Palmer spotted six giant figures etched in
the ground along the Colorado River. Called intaglios or
geoglyphs, these figures range from 95 feet to 171 feet in
length: three humanoid, two animals, and one spiral. . . . — — Map (db m50992) HM
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
[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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Native Americans who lived in the vicinity of the
Magnolia Bridge were hunters and gatherers. They relied
on the Santa Ana River as a dependable water source and
bathed frequently in the local hot springs.
Excellent weavers, they . . . — — Map (db m177591) HM
This route was used by Luiseρo and Gabrieleρo Indians, whose villages were nearby. Leandro Serrano established a home here in 1820. Jackson and Warner traveled the road in 1831, and Frιmont in 1848. It was the southern emigrant road for gold seekers . . . — — Map (db m82468) HM
Nearby, two vats were built in 1819 by the Luiseρo 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
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
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
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
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
The Palen Pass Maneuver Area was the largest training zone within the Desert Training Center/California-Arizona Maneuver Area. Various exercises occurred, including the mock battles of Palen Pass and Southern California, which involved two Divisions . . . — — Map (db m172166) HM WM
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
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
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
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
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
Boy Scouts began organized camping here in 1919
on land given by C.L. Emerson, pioneer Idyllwild
subdivider. The site was chosen by C.J. Carlson,
longtime county wide Scout executive. Rock
mortars indicate that Indians had lived here.
A log . . . — — Map (db m232764) HM
The Hoxie-Vance cabin is officially
listed as a Prairie style resort cabin
of u-shaped configuration and a
hipped roof, constructed in 1923 for
Charles A. Vance and Wyckoff Hoxie
of Tustin, California. This is an
excellent example of . . . — — Map (db m232827) HM
Each year, the desert and pass-dwelling Cahuilla
Indians followed summer's gradual arrival
by moving to higher country of the San Jacinto
Mountains. Living in harmony with the land and its
blessings, the Cahuilla did not separate religion . . . — — Map (db m232747) HM
Originally donated by the Johnson Family.
Built by the town of Idyllwild 1946/1947.
Purchased in 2019, restored then donated
to the people and town of Idyllwild by:
Dorothy & Tom Hawthorne &
Loie & Dave Butterfield,
2020.
Idyllwild . . . — — Map (db m232697) HM
Logging was one of the most significant
impacts on the natural landscape on the
western side of the San Jacinto Mountains.
Beginning in 1875 and lasting through the early 1900s,
a number of logging camps and mills were established
in the . . . — — Map (db m232790) HM
Named Lily Rock in 1898 by a USGS team; it has been thought that
this was possibly for its lily-white appearance. But T.W. Patterson
of Riverside has seen an old photograph of Lily Eastman, on the
reverse of which is written "She was the one . . . — — Map (db m232930) HM
Winner in 2012 of a
National contest held by Gorilla Glue, for
"The World's best use of Gorilla Glue"
by glueing four (4) Local (Old Growth)
Cedar Trees together
using only Gorilla Glue.
*Look under youtube/Gorilla Glue - David Roy,
Tough . . . — — Map (db m232701) HM
The Donaldson Futuro is significant as an example of America's collective
confidence as a leader in space flight, technological advancement, and
economic prosperity. Designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen, this space-age
home was the . . . — — Map (db m229843) HM
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Est. 1887.
Presented by
Valley of the Mist Chapter, National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century,
2010.
The Crescent Bath House
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the . . . — — Map (db m178935) HM
Built 1923. Luiseρo Chapter, NSDAR.
Dedicated October 14, 2017.
Riverside County Historical Landmark.
Approved by the County of Riverside Board of Supervisors, October 4, 2011.
Presented to the City of Lake Elsinore. . . . — — Map (db m178932) HM
Dedicated to the memory of those who served honorably in the Third Infantry Division United States Army "Rock of the Marne"
"Nous restepons la"
World War I *Aisne *Champagne-Marne *Aisne-Marne *St Mihiel *Meuse-Argonne *Champagne
2 . . . — — Map (db m226428) WM
In memory of those who have gone before "to our departed brothers and sisters" dedicated to the Glory of God November 11th, 1992 Rededicated November 11, 2016 — — Map (db m226426) 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
Built in 1890 on 1-1/2 acres of land donated by William
Snoddy, the 2-classroom school joined a general store and
blacksmith shop as the hub of the community. It served as
an elementary and high school by day and civic meeting place
at night . . . — — Map (db m176744) HM
The Romoland School was built at this location to serve
children living in the Romoland and Homeland areas of the
Perris Valley. Built in 1918 with a Spanish Mission
architectural style, the school operated for 37 years until
1955. The original . . . — — Map (db m176504) HM
Fred and Lelia McCall came from Colorado to California
in 1924 and settled in Menifee with their children,
Mildred, Lloyd and Floyd. They farmed 1,200 acres
between Newport Road and McCall Blvd. Fred served on
local government committees, . . . — — Map (db m176530) HM
Hans Christensen senior, a native of Denmark, arrived in
San Francisco in 1877. Unable to afford passenger fare,
Hans made his way on foot to Los Angeles. In 1882, he
homesteaded land in this location and began farming. In
1892, Hans senior . . . — — Map (db m176665) HM
James B. Ferrell came to California in 1874 from Iowa. He
arrived in the Menifee Valley in 1887 and homesteaded
land later known as Audie Murphy Ranch. He had
constructed a six-room house and barn by 1889. Ferrell
farmed here and raised trotter . . . — — Map (db m176795) HM
Del Webb's Kings Inn, an Old English motif motor hotel,
provided lodging and meals for guests visiting Sun City in
the early 1960's. Both the Inn and Webb's Sun City active
retirement community were modeled after his first
development in Sun . . . — — Map (db m176528) HM
Robert C. Kirkpatrick and his 4 sons traveled by railroad
from Tennessee to California in 1876. The family learned
that land in Menifee could be homesteaded, so each filed on
160 acres in this location. The oldest son, William, and his
wife . . . — — Map (db m176532) HM
In the 1870's, Mr. Andrew Kittilson, a native of Norway lived
in Los Angeles with his wife Myra. In 1882, they traveled to
Menifee by horse-drawn wagon to homestead land. They
filed on 160 acres plus an adjacent 160-acre timberculture
claim. . . . — — Map (db m176668) HM
Alphonse Motte and his brothers came to America from
France in the late 1880's with an interest in sheep and
agriculture. In the 1930's his oldest son John Victor
partnered with brothers Frank and Charles to grow
potatoes, onions, alfalfa and . . . — — Map (db m176512) HM
In 1891, Mr. Charles L. Cooper purchased 300 acres to be
used as a game preserve for hunting quail, dove and rabbit.
In the 1920's, a club house, tennis courts, stables and a
large pool called The Plunge were added. In the 1940's,
Cooper's son . . . — — Map (db m176826) HM
Walter Zeiders came from Pennsylvania to California on a
motorcycle in 1909 at the age of 23 with $17 cash. He worked
as a ranch hand for William Newport. He married Frances Evans in 1913. They had three sons: Cecil, Leslie and Merle.
Walter . . . — — Map (db m176715) HM
William Newport emigrated from Chester, England in 1876 at
age 20. In 1885 he purchased 2,000 acres in Menifee. By 1906
he was farming wheat on 15,000 acres. This is the
approximate location of his house, barns, grain storage
buildings and a . . . — — Map (db m178713) HM
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
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
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
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
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
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
These stars are dedicated to five citizens of this community who were presented with the Medal of Honor by the President of the United States.
Together, their fields of battle included World War II, Korea, Vietnam and service on the high . . . — — Map (db m206206) WM
Angel Cove is named for an angel-shaped rock formation located at the top of
the cove's largest canyon. The formation, depicted to the right, is best viewed
from a distance across the valley. The naming of Angel Cove is also attributed to
a . . . — — Map (db m232915) HM
WW II searchlights formed part of a system of aircraft detection linking (a) locator device, (b) searchlights, and (c) antiaircraft (AAA) guns. The locators Sent electronic information to the lights and guns, which in turn tracked the target in . . . — — Map (db m206326) HM
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