Riverside

Few cities in Southern California have a history as closely tied to citrus cultivation as Riverside. Set beside the Santa Ana River in the Inland Empire, the city became a center of California’s citrus industry after Eliza Tibbets planted two Brazilian navel orange trees here in 1873. Their descendants helped establish the Washington navel orange as a major state crop. Downtown’s Mission Inn, a landmark hotel complex developed by Frank Augustus Miller, reflects Riverside’s early-20th-century ambition through its Mission Revival architecture. The University of California, Riverside also gives the city a major research role. Continue with other webcams from the area to see how this part of the Inland Empire connects regionally.

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