Location: 4800 Magnolia Ave. Date Established: 1924 (current version finished 1951) Date Visited: 4/18/2014 Riverside Community College (RCC) first held classes in September 1916, making it one of the first community colleges (colleges that only offer the first two years … Continue reading →
Location: 3606 Lemon St. Date Established: 10/24/1900 (church completed 2/10/1901 Date Visited: 5/12/14 Construction on the First Church of Christ Scientist began in October of 1900 with the laying of the cornerstone at Lemon St. A few months later in … Continue reading →
Total Distance: 1.3 Miles (1.5 if you go to the Firefighters Memorial) Difficulty: Easy (slight elevation gains, dirt path) Address: 32353 Ortega Highway Elsinore, CA 92530 Cost: $5 parking or Adventure Pass Yesterday we went to the El Cariso Nature … Continue reading →
Location: Corner of Magnolia and Arlington in Low Park Date Established: 2/24/1914* Date Visited: 4/18/2014 (click to expand pictures) I find it kind of funny that the Chicago White Soxs would donate a redwood tree to Riverside considering you cannot … Continue reading →
I have been to a lot of fairs and I have seen a lot of livestock expositions. As far as the Expo Ganadera at the Feria de San Marcos goes it does cover all the basics: common livestock (horses, goats, … Continue reading →
Part of the Feria de San Marcos was the Expo Agroalimentaria (the food exposition). Held on the Isla de San Marcos (Island of San Marcos) the expo was a fun way to try many of the different agricultural products of … Continue reading →
While we were in Aguascalientes we were able to learn a bit about the 1914 Convention of Aguascalientes. To understand the importance of this meeting you need to know a bit about Porfirio Diaz. Porfirio Diaz was the president of … Continue reading →
Location: Corner of Magnolia and Arlington Date Established: 1873 Date Visited: 3/6/10 & 4/18/14 California is world renowned for its citrus industry. It all started back in 1870 William Saunders, a horticulturalist at the United States Department of Agriculture, sent … Continue reading →
Location: 3525 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501 Date Established: 1891 Date Visited: 4/18/14 “I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse … Continue reading →
Location: 4050 Main Street, Riverside, CA. 92501 Date Established: 1903 Date Visited: 4/18/14 (well actually many times before that) On May 2, 1893 Riverside County was created from parts of San Bernardino County and San Diego County. It was during … Continue reading →
