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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 ...
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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 ...
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Hemet Local History at the Library Archived 2019-11-28 at the Wayback Machine City of Hemet Home Page Archived 2019-11-28 at the Wayback Machine 33°44′59″N 116°58′10″W / 33.74972°N 116.96944°W / 33.74972; -116
Lake Hemet Water Company placed the first stone of the Lake Hemet Dam on January 6, 1891. When this arched masonry structure was completed in 1895 at a height of 122.5 feet (37.3 m), it was the largest solid masonry dam in the world—a title it would retain until the construction of Roosevelt Dam in Arizona in 1911.
Kevin Starr, former professor of History and California State Librarian has written many highly regarded books [1] on the history of California including the multi-volume Americans & the California Dream Series which contain a significant amount of history about Los Angeles and the surrounding area. California: A History. New York: Modern Library.
Hemet-Ryan Field 1943 USAAF Classbook. Hemet-Ryan Airport (IATA: HMT, ICAO: KHMT, FAA LID: HMT) is an airport near Egan (located in what is now Hemet), CA. [1]Hemet-Ryan is a main Cal Fire Air Attack Base, also used for civil purposes, Civil Air Patrol meetings, and more.