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7 unusual facts about Rancho Cucamonga


Cucamonga Peak

Named for Tiburcio Tapia's Rancho Cucamonga, the mountain towers over the present-day cities of Rancho Cucamonga, Ontario and Fontana.

Darren Collison

Collison was born in Rancho Cucamonga, California to parents Dennis and June (Griffith), who were both elite track and field athletes for Guyana.

Kendall Williams

Williams attended Los Osos High School in Rancho Cucamonga, California, as a three-year starter while being a first team all-state and two-time all-CIF selection for the Grizzlies.

Pal Recording Studio

Pal Recording Studio (1957–1964) was an independent recording studio that operated in Cucamonga, California (now known as Rancho Cucamonga.) The studio was started by engineer/innovator Paul Buff.

Procopio

Procopio's first reported involvement in banditry came in November 17, 1862 when he was suspected in the murder of a Southern California rancher John Raines (or Rains), on the Rancho Cucamonga.

Rancho Cucamonga, California

The city hosts LoanMart Field, (formerly known as The Epicenter), a minor-league baseball stadium, home of the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes.

San Sevaine Flats

In 1874 the Sainsevain brothers purchased land in Hawker Canyon four miles east of Etiwanda and built a large stone house and a reservoir there.


Azusa Civic Center

A popular running gag on the long-running radio comedy The Jack Benny Program involved a train caller, voiced by Mel Blanc, calling out, "Train leaving on Track Five for Anaheim, Azusa and Cucamonga." The gag, which also continued on Jack Benny's television program, brought national attention to the three cities.

Brighton Park crossing

The modernization effort to automate the Brighton Park crossing involved Safetran Systems, (part of Invensys Rail) with the crossing’s application development, site mock-up, and preliminary factory testing taking place in Rancho Cucamonga, California in an in-house project called “Brighton Park / Pershing Main.”

Pacific Cycle

They also operate distribution centers in Olney, IL, Vacaville, California and Rancho Cucamonga, California (formerly of PTI).


see also

VGCC

Victoria Gardens Cultural Center, a community library and performance venue in Rancho Cucamonga, California