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Hemet was named by the land development company that founded the town, The Lake Hemet Land Company. The company drew its name from Hemet Valley, now called Garner Valley, located in the San Jacinto Mountains. Initially, the company referred to the area as South San Jacinto, but changed the name to Hemet when the land company filed a plat map on ...
The Hemet Museum is located in downtown Hemet, at the intersection of Florida Avenue and State Street, housed inside the historic Hemet Depot. It contains exhibits of the area's history, Native American artifacts found in the area, and information about the valley's agricultural past. It also includes exhibits on the "Ramona" pageant, as well ...
List table of the properties and districts listed on the California Historical Landmarks within Riverside County, southern California. Note: Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view a Google map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below.
Each U.S. Route in California is maintained by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and is assigned a Route (officially State Highway Route [2] [3]) number in the Streets and Highways Code (Sections 300-635).
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SR 79 south (Winchester Road) / Vista Place – Winchester, San Diego: West end of SR 79 overlap: Hemet: 36.92: Warren Road: Serves Hemet-Ryan Airport: 40.59: CR R3 (State Street) – Sage, Aguanga, San Jacinto: Northern terminus of CR R3 (State Street continues north to San Jacinto) 41.34: SR 79 north (San Jacinto Street) – San Jacinto: East ...
Whitney organized the first comprehensive survey of California, and the first complete topographic maps of the state were completed under him. Mount Whitney, the tallest peak in California is named after him. The State Mining Bureau was established in 1880, and the position of State Geologist was changed to State Mineralogist.
The road runs along Old Highway 80 in the town of Descanso, until splitting to the north at a T intersection. The route then traverses Cuyamaca and Cuyamaca Rancho State Park on its way north. This portion of the route is very serpentine, with hairpin turns , as it follows the contours of the land by moving laterally, rather than up-and-down or ...