Corona Founders Monument
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. On July 13, 1896  South Riverside incorporate and changed the city name to Corona. Corona is Spanish for “Crown”. H.C. Kellogg laid the city out in a one-mile diameter circle in 1887, with Grand Boulevard three miles around it. To the North of the circle was a railroad station and citrus packing houses. To the South acres of citrus groves of what was called "Queen Colony'. On May 4, 1886 for $110,000 they started the "South Riverside Land and Water Company" with the purchase of: Counting for inflation $110,000 in 1886 would be almost $3 million in 2018 dollars. Founding  fathers. The founding fathers of South Riverside - City of Corona are: H.C. Kellogg. H.C. Kellogg (1855–1921) South Riverside's chief civil engineer, architect and construction builder. Born in Napa Valley, California, parents were pioneers in Illinois. Parents and family move to Anaheim, California in 1869 to farm land. Attended Wilson College, California, coed opened by Benjamin Davis Wilson and the Methodist Church, start in 1874 at Drum Barracks, closed in 1877 and reopened in 1880, later became as University of Southern California. Graduating as a civil engineer and worked in Anaheim. Became member of the Anaheim Union Water Company till  1921. IN 1885 became Deputy County Surveyor of Los Angeles County. In 1886 became working on design of South Riverside, the unique "Circle City". Next he worked on the Gila River Dam in Arizona. Then he became the City Engineer of Santa Ana. Then worked in Hawaiian Islands, he then returned and worked back in Corona in 1908. Marker. Marker in the City of Corona, California site reads: