California Historical Landmarks in Riverside County, California
Listings
Table:
Landmark name	Location	City or town

948	Blythe Intake	Palo Verde Dam 33°43′54″N 114°30′57″W / 33.731783°N 114.5158°W / 33.731783 ; -114.5158 ( Blythe Intake )	Blythe

101	Giant desert figures	On Hwy 95 33°48′00″N 114°31′39″W / 33.799983°N 114.527567°W / 33.799983 ; -114.527567 ( Giant desert figures )	Blythe

102	Site of Louis Rubidoux House	5575 block , Mission Blvd . 33°59′49″N 117°24′22″W / 33.996818°N 117.406047°W / 33.996818 ; -117.406047 ( Site of Louis Rubidoux House )	Rubidoux

188	Temescal Butterfield stage station	20730 Temescal Canyon Rd . 33°48′59″N 117°30′31″W / 33.816263888°N 117.50856111°W / 33.816263888 ; -117.50856111 ( Temescal Butterfield stage station )	Temescal Valley

187	Carved Rock	33°46′27″N 117°28′30″W / 33.774225°N 117.47509°W / 33.774225 ; -117.47509 ( Carved Rock )	Temescal Valley

992	Contractor 's General Hospital	Next to post office , Ragsdale Rd . 33°42′49″N 115°24′09″W / 33.713533°N 115.402633°W / 33.713533 ; -115.402633 ( Contractor 's General Hospital )	Desert Center

738	Corona Founders Monument	Corona City Park 33°52′29″N 117°33′20″W / 33.874647°N 117.555653°W / 33.874647 ; -117.555653 ( Corona Founders Monument )	Corona

787	de Anza crossing of the Santa Ana River , 1775 and 1776	Jurupa Hills Country Club Golf Course 33°58′33″N 117°26′28″W / 33.975917°N 117.441233°W / 33.975917 ; -117.441233 ( de Anza crossing of the Santa Ana River , 1775 and 1776 )	Riverside

985	Camp Coxcomb at Desert Training Center	18 miles north of I-10 on SR 177 33°54′30″N 115°14′53″W / 33.908333°N 115.248033°W / 33.908333 ; -115.248033 ( Camp Coxcomb at Desert Training Center )	Coxcomb Mountains

985	Camp Granite at Desert Training Center	on SR 62 , 5.4 miles east of SR 177 34°04′50″N 115°07′59″W / 34.080467°N 115.133133°W / 34.080467 ; -115.133133 ( Camp Granite at Desert Training Center )	Granite Mountains

985	Camp Young at the Desert Training Center	General George S. Patton Memorial Museum 33°39′42″N 115°43′20″W / 33.661667°N 115.722222°W / 33.661667 ; -115.722222 ( Camp Young at the Desert Training Center )	Chiriaco Summit

557	Hemet Maze Stone	Maze Stone Park 33°46′52″N 117°03′23″W / 33.781167°N 117.056367°W / 33.781167 ; -117.056367 ( Hemet Maze Stone )	Hemet

943	Jensen Alvarado Ranch	4350 Riverview Dr. 33°59′34″N 117°25′01″W / 33.992778°N 117.416944°W / 33.992778 ; -117.416944 ( Jensen Alvarado Ranch )	Riverside

761	Mission Inn	3649 Mission Inn Ave. 33°59′00″N 117°22′22″W / 33.983222°N 117.37275°W / 33.983222 ; -117.37275 ( Mission Inn )	Riverside

638	Old Temescal Road	Old Hwy 71 33°45′56″N 117°29′12″W / 33.765609°N 117.486699°W / 33.765609 ; -117.486699 ( Old Temescal Road )	Temescal Valley

190	Painted Rock	From Temescal Canyon Rd , go 0.1 mi E on Dawson Canyon Rd , then go 0.1 mi NE on Gravel Pit Rd , then 0.2 mi S along railroad track berm , site is 50 ft W of berm	Temescal Valley

20	Parent Washington Navel Orange Tree	City Park , SW corner of Magnolia and Arlington Avenues 33°56′46″N 117°24′06″W / 33.94615°N 117.401667°W / 33.94615 ; -117.401667 ( Parent Washington Navel Orange Tree )	Riverside

104	Pochea Indian village site	Ramona Bowl , 27400 Ramona Bowl Road ( S. Girard Street ) 33°43′12″N 116°56′58″W / 33.7199°N 116.9494°W / 33.7199 ; -116.9494 ( Pochea Indian village site )	Hemet

1009	Ramona Bowl	27400 Ramona Bowl Road ( S. Girard Street ) 33°43′11″N 116°56′58″W / 33.719633°N 116.949533°W / 33.719633 ; -116.949533 ( Ramona Bowl )	Hemet

1005	Rancho Santa Rosa	22115 Tenaja Rd . 33°33′N 117°16′W / 33.55°N 117.27°W / 33.55 ; -117.27 ( Rancho Santa Rosa )	Murrieta

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The Blythe Intake is the place of first irrigation canal to feed water to the Palo Verde Valley in 1877 , just north of Blythe , California in Riverside County , California . The Blythe Intake was designated a California Historic Landmark ( No.948 ) on March 1 , 1982 . The site of the Blythe Intake currently at the Palo Verde Dam .
The Palo Verde Dam ( officially called the Palo Verde Diversion Dam ) is a diversion dam on the Colorado River in La Paz County , Arizona , and Riverside County , California , in the southwestern United States , approximately 9 miles ( 14 km ) northeast of Blythe . The dam is earthen and rockfill , built solely to divert water into irrigation canals serving the Palo Verde Irrigation District . It measures 1,850 feet ( 560 m ) long at its crest , which is at an elevation of 283.5 feet ( 86.4 m ) , and stands 46 feet ( 14 m ) high above the riverbed , containing approximately 175,000 cubic yards ( 134,000 m3 ) of material . Construction of the dam , which began in 1956 and ended in 1958 , was authorized by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation . The dam was constructed to raise the water level of the river because the upstream Hoover and Davis Dams blocked sediment , causing significant degradation of the riverbed that hampered water diversion . The dam diverts about 1,800 cubic feet ( 51 m3 ) of water per second to irrigate 121,000 acres ( 490 km2 ) of the Palo Verde Valley and mesa lands on the west side of the Colorado River in California . The headworks of the diversion canal consists of four 12 feet ( 3.7 m ) by 8 feet ( 2.4 m ) pipes , while the spillway is a gated structure consisting of three 50 feet ( 15 m ) long gates separated by 8 feet ( 2.4 m ) thick piers . The control house of the dam is found immediately upstream of the headworks area .
Blythe is a city in Riverside County , California , United States , in the Palo Verde Valley of the Lower Colorado River Valley region , an agricultural area and part of the Colorado Desert along the Colorado River , approximately 224 miles ( 360 km ) east of Los Angeles and 150 miles ( 240 km ) west of Phoenix . Blythe was named after Thomas H. Blythe , a San Francisco financier , who established primary water rights to the Colorado River in the region in 1877 . The city was incorporated on July 21 , 1916 . The population was 20,817 at the 2010 census .
The Blythe Intaglios or Blythe Geoglyphs are a group of gigantic figures incised on the ground near Blythe , California in the Colorado Desert . The ground drawings or geoglyphs were created by humans for an , as of yet , unknown reason . The intaglios are located east of the Big Maria Mountains , about 15 miles ( 24 km ) north of downtown Blythe , just west of U.S. Highway 95 near the Colorado River . The Blythe Intaglios are the most well-known of the over 200 intaglios in the Colorado Desert . The Colorado Desert contains the only known desert intaglios in North America . These intaglios are mostly located along the Colorado River . The Blythe Intaglios contain three human figures , two four-legged animals , and a spiral ; although Harner ( 1953 ) reported two spirals . The largest human figure in the Blythe Intaglio group is 171 feet ( 52 m ) long . The intaglios are best viewed from the air . Geoglyphs are found throughout the world , the construction methods range from earthen mounds , piles of stone , or the removal of surface plants or soil . The most famous desert intaglios are the Nazca Lines in Peru . The Blythe Geoglyphs or intaglios ( anthropomorphic geoglyphs ) were created by scraping away layers of darker rocks or pebbles to reveal a stratum of lighter-valued soil .
Louis Rubidoux ( 1796-1868 , born Louis Robidoux ) was an early settler in the area of modern-day Riverside , California , United States . He was son of Joseph Robidoux III and Catherine Marie Rollet . He arrived in California in 1844 . He bought Rancho San Jacinto y San Gorgonio from James ( Santiago ) Johnson in 1845 , and a portion of the Rancho Jurupa from Benjamin Wilson in 1849 . Rubidoux became a successful rancher . He built the first grist mill in the area , operated a winery , and became one of San Bernardino County 's first three supervisors . The town of Rubidoux and Mount Rubidoux in Riverside County , California are named for him .
Rubidoux ( /ˈruːbɪdoʊ/ ROO-bid-oh ) was a census-designated place and an unincorporated community in Riverside County , California . As of the 2010 census , the population was 34,280 , up from 29,180 at the 2000 census . Like much of the fast-growing Inland Empire Metropolitan Area , Rubidoux is rapidly changing from a rural area of quarries and dairy farms to an exurb of Riverside . As of the 2000 Census , Rubidoux was the largest unincorporated community in the Inland Empire and in Riverside County . On July 1 , 2011 , the CDP became part of the newly incorporated City of Jurupa Valley . Rubidoux is iconically identified with its landmark , Mount Rubidoux . Flabob Airport ( IATA : RIR , ICAO : KRIR , FAA LID : RIR ) in Rubidoux has a 3,200-foot ( 980 m ) runway .
The Temescal Butterfield stage station is the place Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach stopped to deliver mail and get fresh horses in what is now Riverside County , California . The Temescal Butterfield stage station was designated a California Historic Landmark ( No.188 ) on June 20 , 1935 . The site of the Temescal Butterfield stage station currently in at the Temescal Valley , California in the City of Corona . The first stagecoach with mail and passengers departed Tipton , Missouri on September 15 , 1858 . The stagecoach stopped at the Temescal Butterfield stage station and arrived at the Butterfield Overland Mail Company Los Angeles Building on October 7 , 1858 . The Butterfield Overland Mail Company closed in 1861 . The Temescal Butterfield stage station was built five miles north of the Temescal Hot Springs , ten miles north of Rancho La Laguna station and twenty miles south of the Chino Rancho station . The Temescal Butterfield stage station was at the foot of the Temescal hills , a splendid place to camp , wood and water plenty , and protected from the winds . Temescal had its own post office from Feb 12 , 1861 to Nov 12 , 1861 . Around this location the settlement of Temescal grew over the next few decades . By 1860 , Greenwade 's Place at Temescal , 3 miles north of the stage station , was a polling place for southwestern San Bernardino County . Voting irregularities there that year , resulted in a court case between the candidates for a California State Assembly seat .
Temescal Valley is a census-designated place in Riverside County , California . Temescal Valley sits at an elevation of 1,138 feet ( 347 m ) . The 2010 United States census reported Temescal Valley 's population was 22,535 .
Rancho Temescal was a Mexican land grant in present-day Temescal Valley in Riverside County , California , granted by Governor José María de Echeandía in 1828 to Leandro Serrano . The grant extended along the Temescal Valley south of present-day Corona and encompassed El Cerrito and Lee Lake . At the time of the grant claim , Rancho Temescal was a part of San Bernardino County . Riverside County was created by the California Legislature in 1893 by taking land from both San Bernardino and San Diego County . The claim for the grant was rejected by the US Supreme Court in 1866 .
Sidney R. Garfield ( 17 April 1906 - 29 December 1984 ) was an American medical doctor and a pioneer of health maintenance organizations . He co-founded the Kaiser Permanente healthcare system with businessman Henry J. Kaiser . He graduated from the University of Iowa College of Medicine in 1928 , which is now called the Roy J. and Lucille A . Carver College of Medicine .
Desert Center is a census designated place in the Colorado Desert in Riverside County , California . It is in southern California , between the cities of Indio and Blythe at the junction of Interstate 10 and State Route 177 , about halfway between Phoenix and Los Angeles . The ZIP Code is 92239 , and the community is in telephone area codes 442 and 760 . The elevation is 656 feet ( 200 m ) . The population was 204 at the 2010 census .
The Corona Founders Monument is a monument built in 1936 to the founding fathers of the City of Corona in the Riverside County , California . The monument was designated a California Historic Landmark ( No.738 ) on June 6 , 1960 . The monument is in the Corona City Park in the 100 block of 6th Street of Corona , California . The founding fathers at first called the city South Riverside after the company they started the South Riverside Land and Water Company . The founding fathers of the City of Corona on May 4 , 1886 bought land from the Rancho La Sierra and the Rancho Temescal Mexican land grants . On this land the founding fathers planted orange trees and lemon trees . By 1912 Corona have 5,000 acres of lemon , orange , grapefruit , limes and tangerines groves . With the groves came packing and processing plants . In Corona about 80% of all job were in the citrus industry . The citrus industry continued in Corona into the 1980s . Corona had the title of Lemon Capital of the World , but lost it to Ventura County , California . Corona Heritage Park & Museum at 510 W Foothill Parkway , Corona , California had displays about the Corona citrus industry .
Corona ( Spanish for Crown ) is a city in Riverside County , California , United States . As of the 2010 census , the city had a population of 152,374 , up from 124,966 at the 2000 census . The cities of Norco and Riverside lie to the north and northeast , respectively , Chino Hills and Yorba Linda to the northwest , and the Cleveland National Forest and the Santa Ana Mountains to the southwest , and unincorporated Riverside County along the rest of the border . Corona is approximately 48 miles ( 77 km ) southeast of Los Angeles and 95 miles ( 153 km ) north-northwest of San Diego . Corona , located along the western edge of Southern California 's Inland Empire region , is known as the Circle City due to Grand Boulevard 's 3-mile ( 5 km ) circular layout . It is one of the most residential cities in the Inland Empire , but also has a large industrial portion on the northern half . It is the headquarters of companies such as Fender Musical Instruments Corporation , Monster Beverage Corporation , and supercar manufacturer Saleen .
Juan Bautista de Anza ( July 6/7 , 1736 - December 19 , 1788 ) was born in the Spanish province of New Navarre in Viceroyalty of New Spain . Of Basque descent , he served as an expeditionary leader , military officer , and politician primarily in California and New Mexico under the Spanish Empire . He is credited as one of the founding fathers of Spanish California and served as an official within New Spain as Governor of the Province of New Mexico .
Riverside is a city in , and the county seat of , Riverside County , California , United States , located in the Inland Empire metropolitan area . It is named for its location beside the Santa Ana River . It is the most populous city in the Inland Empire and in Riverside County , and is located about 55 miles ( 89 km ) east of downtown Los Angeles . It is also part of the Greater Los Angeles area . Riverside is the 59th most populous city in the United States and 12th most populous city in California . As of the 2010 Census , Riverside had a population of 303,871 . Riverside was founded in the early 1870s . It is the birthplace of the California citrus industry and home of the Mission Inn , the largest Mission Revival Style building in the United States . It is also home to the Riverside National Cemetery . The University of California , Riverside , is located in the northeastern part of the city . The university also hosts the Riverside Sports Complex . Other attractions in Riverside include the Fox Performing Arts Center , Riverside Metropolitan Museum , which houses exhibits and artifacts of local history , the California Museum of Photography , the California Citrus State Historic Park , and the Parent Washington Navel Orange Tree , the last of the two original navel orange trees in California .
The Camp Coxcomb was a sub camp of the US Army Desert Training Center in Riverside County , California . The main headquarters for the Desert Training Center was Camp Young were General Patton 's 3rd Armored Division was stationed . Camp Coxcomb was designated a California Historic Landmark ( No.985 ) . The site of the Camp Granite is 45 miles East of Indio , California off Interstate 10 and California State Route 177 near the Coxcomb Mountains . The train stop at Freda railroad siding delivered Troops and equipment . The camp closed in early in 1944 after about two years of operations .
The Coxcomb Mountains are a mountain range located in eastern Riverside County , Southern California .
The Camp Granite was a sub camp of the US Army Desert Training Center in Riverside County , California . The main headquarters for the Desert Training Center was Camp Young were General Patton 's 3rd Armored Division was stationed . Camp Granite was designated a California Historic Landmark ( No.985.2 ) . The site of the Camp Granite is 45 miles East of Indio , California off Interstate 10 and California State Route 62 near the Granite Mountains .
The Granite Mountains is a small mountain range in San Bernardino County , California , USA , located in the Mojave Desert . They are in the Mojave National Preserve , in the National Park Service system .
The General George S. Patton Memorial Museum , in Chiriaco Summit , California , is a museum erected in tribute to General George S. Patton on the site of the entrance of Camp Young , part of the Desert Training Center of World War II . Exhibits include a large collection of tanks used in World War II and the Korean War , as well as memorabilia from Patton 's life and career - especially in regard to his service at the Desert Training Center - and from soldiers who trained there . Development of the Colorado River Aqueduct and natural-science exhibits are displayed as well . In addition , a 26-minute video is shown , detailing Patton 's military service and the creation of the Desert Training Center . Though Patton spent less than four months at the Desert Training Center , his establishment of the training grounds directly impacted more than one million troops . The museum is at the Chiriaco Summit exit of Interstate 10 , 30 miles/48 km east of Indio . It is 1000 feet west of the Chiriaco Summit Airport .
Chiriaco Summit is a small unincorporated community and travel stop located along Interstate 10 in the Colorado Desert of Southern California . It lies 19 miles ( 31 km ) west of Desert Center on the divide between the Chuckwalla Valley and the Salton Sea basin at an elevation of 1,706 feet ( 520 m ) . The ZIP Code is 92201 , and the community is inside area codes 442 and 760 . The town has a general aviation airport , Chiriaco Summit Airport . A California Department of Transportation rest stop on Interstate 10 , west of Chiriaco Summit , is called Cactus City , an ironic name referring to a non-existent city .
The maze consists of two rectangular boxes - one large and containing the other ; centered . If one traces the patterns with different colored markers , one would find that between the boxes are two contiguous geometric patterns that resemble a maze . One maze is contained by the other on the left hand side . The swastika that appears in the lower left hand corner is not part of the original work as evidenced by a 1930s era photo featured in the Hemet Centennial calendar ( featured photo of July 2010 ; available from the Hemet Museum located at the old train depot on the northwest corner of State and Florida ) . [ citation needed ] The stone and its surrounding land became a California state landmark in 1956 , and sometime thereafter a vandal added a left-facing , Nazi swastika , to one corner of the carving . Swastikas were used in Oriental and Native American art long before the symbol became associated with Adolf Hitler.The stone is now protected by a pair of chain-link fences . The maze petroglyph , depending upon interpretation , could show four walled structures or areas , consisting of two simple objects and two maze-like complex objects . There is an inner and outer object for each type of simple or complex object . To reference the diagram called Conceptual Approximation of the Maze Stone near Hemet , California , the simple objects are denoted by the square/rectangular black ( outer ) and gray/beige ( inner ) lines . The gray/beige area is filled in and appears as a rectangular object . What the computer considers a gray color , other people say is the color beige . The complex objects are blue ( outer ) and purple ( inner ) .
Hemet is a city in the San Jacinto Valley in Riverside County , California , United States . It covers a total area of 27.8 square miles ( 72 km2 ) , about half of the valley , which it shares with the neighboring city of San Jacinto . The population was 78,657 at the 2010 census . The founding of Hemet antedates the formation of Riverside County . The formation of Lake Hemet helped the city to grow and stimulated agriculture in the area . The city is known for being the home of The Ramona Pageant , California 's official outdoor play . Started in 1923 , the play is one of the longest running outdoor plays in the United States . Hemet has been named a Tree City USA for 20 years by the Arbor Day Foundation for its dedication to the local forest . The city is home to the Hemet Valley Medical Center , a 320-bed general hospital .
The Jensen Alvarado Ranch is a historic park and museum in Riverside County , California , USA , and is operated by the Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District ( RivCo Parks ) . It can be accessed from 4350 Riverview Drive , Rubidoux or 4307 Briggs Street , Riverside . It was the first kiln-fired brick building built in Riverside County , and is the oldest non-adobe structure in the Inland Empire .
The Mission Inn , now known as The Mission Inn Hotel & Spa , is a historic landmark hotel in downtown Riverside , California . Although a composite of many architectural styles , it is generally considered the largest Mission Revival Style building in the United States . Mission Inn Hotel & Spa is a member of Historic Hotels of America , the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation . The owners are Duane and Kelly Roberts . Kelly serves as Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer ( COO ) of the Mission Inn , overseeing its daily operations .
The Parent Washington Navel Orange Tree is a tree grown by Mrs. Eliza Tibbets in Riverside , California in 1873 in Riverside County , California . The Parent Washington Navel Orange Tree was designated a California Historic Landmark ( No.20 ) on June 1 , 1932 . The site of the Parent Washington Navel Orange Tree is currently at the Corner of Magnolia Street and Arlington Street , Riverside , California . The Bahia , Brazil Washington Navel Orange was brought to the United States by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1870 . The Department of Agriculture imported twelve trees , from these tree some buds were grafted on to California sweet orange trees . The Washington Navel Orange are also called California Navel Orange . The navel orange is a mutation of regular sweet orange . This mutated orange was discovered in a monastery orchard in Brazil in 1820 . In 1870 a cutting from the navel orange was sent to Washington , D.C. thus was called the Washington navel orange . The name navel orange is from the mutation at the bottom blossom end of the orange . The bottom of the orange has a depression looks somewhat like a person 's bellybutton navel . The mutation give the navel orange no seeds .
The Pochea Indian village site was the home of the Pochea Indians in what is now Hemet , California in Riverside County , California . The Pochea Indian village site was designated a California Historic Landmark ( No.104 ) on March 29 , 1933 . The site of the Pochea Indian village is currently at the Ramona Bowl at 27400 Ramona Bowl , Hemet , California . The Pochea Indians lived in a small groups . These groups made up the indigenous peoples of California group called Pahsitnah . In 1774 the Juan Bautista de Anza expedition stopped at the Pochea Indian village during the expedition . Someone in the expedition had smallpox that was passed to a Pochea member . A smallpox epidemic broke out and spread . Those that did not died moved to the present day Soboba Reservation , home of the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians . Juan Bautista de Anza was the leader of an exploratory expedition on January 8 , 1774 , with 3 padres , 20 soldiers , 11 servants , 35 mules , 65 cattle , and 140 horses set forth from Tubac south of present-day Tucson , Arizona . They went across the Sonoran desert to California from Mexico by swinging south of the Gila River to avoid Apache attacks until they hit the Colorado River at the Yuma Crossing - about the only way across the Colorado River . The friendly Quechan ( Yuma ) Indians ( 2-3,000 ) he encountered there were growing most of their food , using irrigation systems , and had already imported pottery , horses , wheat and a few other crops from New Mexico .
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Rancho Santa Rosa was a 47,815-acre ( 193.50 km2 ) Mexican land grant in present day Riverside County , California given in 1846 by Governor Pio Pico to Juan Moreno . At the time of the US patent , Rancho Santa Rosa was a part of San Diego County . Riverside County was created by the California Legislature in 1893 by taking land from both San Bernardino and San Diego Counties . The site is now registered as a California Historical Landmark .
Murrieta is a city in southwestern Riverside County , California , United States . The population of Murrieta was 103,466 at the 2010 census . Murrieta experienced a 133.7% population increase between 2000 and 2010 , according to the most recent census , making Murrieta one of the fastest-growing cities in the state . This population boom in 2010 surpassed the population of the historically larger and more commercial city of Temecula to the south for the first time since the incorporation of either city . Temecula and Murrieta together form the southwestern anchor of the Inland Empire region . Largely residential in character , Murrieta is typically characterized as a commuter town , with many of its residents commuting to jobs in San Diego County , Orange County , Los Angeles County , Temecula , and Camp Pendleton . Murrieta is bordered by the city of Temecula to the south , the cities of Menifee and Wildomar to the north , and the unincorporated community of French Valley to the east . Murrieta is located in the center of the Los Angeles-San Diego mega-region which contains a population of about 24 million people . Murrieta 's city motto is Gem of the Valley , and a diamond is prominently featured on its seal as well as various elements throughout the city , such as street signs and freeway interchanges .