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The 248-acre (100 ha) park was established in 1993. [2] This California State Historic Park reveals the cultural, political, and environmental aspects of the time when "Citrus was King" in California, especially the Navel orange from Riverside, and recognizing the importance of the citrus industry in Southern California.
Within a few years, the successful cultivation of many thousands of the newly discovered Brazilian navel orange trees led to a California Gold Rush of a different kind: the establishment of the citrus industry, which is commemorated in the landscapes and exhibits of the California Citrus State Historic Park and the restored packing houses in ...
The commercial success of these early orchards soon led to a widespread interest in this variety, so that by 1900 it was the most extensively grown citrus fruit in California. [24] [25] The growth that the Washington Navel Orange (WNO) produced in Riverside spread throughout the state, driving the state and even the national economy.
Town where the California Gold Rush began when James W. Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's mill on January 24, 1848. Now a ghost town, it is a significant part of the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park: 28: Columbia Historic District: Columbia Historic District
Ed Allen, a historian at the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park, said that only 10% to 15% of the gold in California has been found. Terry Prebalick, a gold hunter who has been working ...
Gold: the California story. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-21547-8. Rawls, James J. and Orsi, Richard J. (eds.) (1999). A golden state: mining and economic development in Gold Rush California (California History Sesquicentennial Series, 2). Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press.
This list of landmarks in Riverside, California includes officially designated federal, state, and local landmarks within the city of Riverside, California, United States, as well as other notable points of interest within the city. Landmarks that are closely associated with the city, but outside the city's boundaries, have also been included.
Lawson's map of the Gold Regions is the first map to accurately depict California's Gold Regions. Issued in January 1849, at the beginning of the California gold rush, Lawson's map was produced specifically for prospectors and miners. A Correct Map of the Bay of San Francisco and the Gold Region from actual Survey June 20th. 1849 for J.J. Jarves.