Readings

Sandy Korner Cafe (near present-day Palm Desert), 1940s.

Readings in Riverside County History

Below is a listing of miscellaneous articles and snippets that I've uncovered throughout my research.  Some may be of interest, others not, but feel free to take a look at them, and hopefully enjoy them as I have.  As always, this is on-going, so if you have anything to put up here, just contact me !!

Descriptive History of the San Jacinto Mountains Area - by George Hannahs.  (This was written in the Indio Date Palm at the time of the formation of the San Jacinto Mountains State Park)

Early Days in County Told by One-Time Resident - by Jessica Bird (Reminiscences of Alice Crain)

Fullerton's Mission Inn Connection - by Debora Richey (A good piece on G. Stanley Wilson, noted Riverside architect of the Rotunda Wing of the Mission Inn and many, many more buildings).

The Mission Inn and World Peace - by Guy Bogart (a poem)

The Rediscovery of Contractors General Hospital - Birthplace of Kaiser Permanente - by Steve Gilford.  This is a great article about the beginnings of Kaiser Permanente in the Desert Center area.

Riverside - by Susie Champney Clark (from The Round Trip from the Hub to the Goldengate, 1890)

6th Street in Beaumont looking west from Beaumont Avenue, late 1940s.