San Timoteo Canyon
San Timoteo Canyon is a river valley
Geography
The canyon runs from its southern inflow mouth in Beaumont in Riverside County, in a northwest alignment, to its northern outflow mouth west of Redlands and east of Loma Linda in San Bernardino County.[1]
San Timoteo Creek formed the canyon, and flows northwest through it to its confluence with the Santa Ana River, being a tributary of it. The creek drains the Banning Valley west of the San Gorgonio Pass water divide, and the watersheds of the San Bernardino and San Jacinto Mountains that feed into it.
History
The canyon was part of the winter homeland of the Serrano people for thousands of years. There were hot springs in the area.
The San Bernardino de Sena Estancia was established in 1819 as a ranch outpost Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, for the grazing of cattle by the Mission Indians. The original buildings grew to include a chapel, tile kiln, lime kiln, and a grist mill.
The canyon was part of
Irving Gang, Cahuilla posse, and American militia
On the 27th day of May, 1851,
However some newly arrived American settlers to
Closely following the outcome of the Irving Gang incident, in late 1851, Juan Antonio, his warriors and their families, moved eastward from Politana, toward the
In November 1851, the
American expansion
One of San Timoteo Canyon's more famous residents was the teenaged Wyatt Earp, whose family lived in the canyon from 1864 to 1868.
The canyon was used in 1877 by the
For a time in the mid-1950s it was considered as one of three possible alignments for the path of Interstate 10 in California, as part of the new Interstate Highway System program, though the central route through Redlands was selected.[4]
Parks
San Timoteo Canyon State Park
San Timoteo Canyon State Park is in development for public access and recreation facilities, and is not yet open.
When the regional park opens, it will add some much-needed public open space for the fast-growing Inland Empire. The park's features will include: trails for hiking and horseback riding; the native flora and fauna of the canyon's varied habitats; and historical landmarks, including the San Timoteo Schoolhouse.[8]
San Timoteo Canyon Schoolhouse
The San Timoteo Canyon Schoolhouse, a museum and park operated by the Riverside County Parks department, was built in 1883, and added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 19, 2001. It was acquired by Riverside County Parks from the Beaumont Unified School District in 1993, but was not opened to the public until after 2007, when a five-year restoration was completed.[9]
Fossils discovery
In 2010, a construction crew found a deposit of
See also
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: San Timoteo Canyon
- ^ Ogden Hoffman, 1862, Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Numa Hubert, San Francisco
- ^ a b c d e f The Native Americans of Southern California, 1852. Family Tree Legends Records Collection (Online Database). Pearl Street Software, 2004-2005. pp. 40-41 For description of Juan Antonio's campaign against John Irving and his gang of San Francisco and Sydney outlaws, as well as the subsequent repercussions, see Beattie, Heritage of the Valley, 84-89; History of San Bernardino County (San Francisco, Wallace W. Elliott and Company, 1883), 77-79; Los Angeles Star, June 7, 1851, and November 20, 1851, Hayes, Scrapbooks, XXXVIII, Bancroft Library.
- ISBN 0-914167-07-3.
- ^ California State Parks.gov: San Timoteo Canyon Park Property . accessed 1.21.2016.
- ^ Trails.com: San Timoteo Canyon State Park . accessed 7.14.2014
- ^ Riverside Land Conservancy Newsletter Archived 2009-06-01 at the Wayback Machine, Fall 2006. Retrieved October 4, 2009.
- ^ Google Books: McKinney, John. California's State Parks: A Day Hiker's Guide. Wilderness Press, June 2005. Retrieved October 4, 2009.
- OCLC 768249467. – information about the San Timoteo Schoolhouse County Park.
- ^ Calif. utility stumbles on 1.4M-year-old fossils
Further reading
- Christian, Peggy; "Historic San Timoteo Canyon"; Sagebrush Press, Morongo Valley, California: 2002.
- Google Books: University of California Publications in Geological Sciences, Volume 144, Issue Date: November, 1999 – includes a chapter on the biostratigraphy and biochronology of San Timoteo Canyon.
External links
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- "Riverside County Parks: San Timoteo Canyon Schoolhouse". official website