History of Riverside County, California
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I.
Introduction 5
CHAPTER II.
Colony Days 24
CHAPTER III.
Dawning of a New Era 48
CHAPTER IV.
Dawning of a New Era (Continued) 64
CHAPTER V.
Dawning of a New Era (Concluded) 79
CHAPTER VI.
Riverside Municipal Records 87
CHAPTER VII.
Riverside's Parks 92
CHAPTER VIII.
Riverside Public Library 96
CHAPTER IX.
Riverside Schools 100
CHAPTER X.
Churches of Riverside 107
CHAPTER XI.
Young Men's Christian Association 117
CHAPTER XII.
Sherman Institute 119
CHAPTER XIII.
California Fruit Exchange 121
CHAPTER XIV.
Fraternal Organizations 124
CHAPTER XV.
The Women's Clubs 127
CHAPTER XVI.
Riverside's Military History 130
CHAPTER XVII.
Organization of Riverside County 133
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Perris Valley 139
CHAPTER XIX.
Moreno Valley 168
CHAPTER XX.
San Gorgonio Pass 174
CHAPTER XXI.
San Jacinto Valley 218
CHAPTER XXII.
Corona 253
CHAPTER XXIII.
Elsinore 288
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The name of California was derived from a Spanish romance, published about 1510. In that work the "Island of California" is described as "on the right of the Indies" and "very near the terrestrial paradise." It was reputed to be settled by a "race of Amazons, without any men among them." It is very evident that the first explorers of the Pacific coast were largely influenced by the same sort of mythical tales regarding the strange new land as were those who, under Coronado, braved the deserts of Arizona and New Mexico in search of the reputed wealth of the "seven cities of Cibola," which proved to be but the adobe-built villages of the Pueblo Indians.
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