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5 unusual facts about Mount Rubidoux


California Institute for Water Resources

The center was funded by the California State Legislature in 1957, and is located on the original 1907 site of the UC Citrus Experiment Station on Mount Rubidoux in Riverside County, California.

Huntington Park

Mount Rubidoux, a city park in Riverside, California, formerly known as Huntington Park

Mount Rubidoux

The popularity of the Rubidoux Easter sunrise services spawned many other such services throughout the country, including an annual service at the Hollywood Bowl.

In 1906 Frank Miller, owner of the Mission Inn, along with Henry E. Huntington and Charles M. Loring, formed the Huntington Park Association and purchased the property with the intent to build a road to the summit and develop the mountain as a park to benefit the city of Riverside.

A sunset over Mount Rubidoux, in 1909, was the occasion for Carrie Jacobs-Bond to compose her famous song, "A Perfect Day", which for many years was played each day as the last tune on the Mission Inn's carillon.



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