History of the Inland Empire
WHEN THE SANTA ANA'S BLOW, SO DO OUR SINUSES.....
Submitted by Ghostpainter on Thu, 2008-10-23 21:14. All Cities | History of the Inland Empire
For those of you new to the IE and have never experienced the Santa Ana's you might be wondering what the hell is going on. I mean it doesn't make since to many people from back east for winds to be blowing 100 mph and it is crystal clear. Of course that is not always true. On more than one occasion has moisture rotated in from the cold great basin area and we will have some of the lowest snowfalls occur, especially in the IE foothills and in fact, communities like Rancho Cucamonga, Upland, The Moreno Valley, Hemet and even Palm springs will receive snow as the cold air sinks down with the wind.
THE GOLD RUSH; MORE SUFFERING FOR THE INDIANS
Submitted by Ghostpainter on Tue, 2008-09-30 11:29. All Cities | History of the Inland Empire
The discovery of gold in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada by Indian Agent Johann Sutter, ushered in one of the darkest episodes of dispossession widespread sexual assault and mass murder against the native people of California. Sutter negotiated a treaty with the chief of the Coloma Nisenan Tribe which would have given a three year lease to lands surrounding the gold discovery site.
THE COMING OF THE AMERICANS TO THE INLAND EMPIRE
Submitted by Ghostpainter on Sun, 2008-09-28 10:54. All Cities | History of the Inland Empire
Mexican forced labor and violence at the hands of the militia and paramilitary slave hunting parties account for a significant amount of the population decline suffered by California Indians. On the eve of the American take-over the Indian population of approximately 310,000 had been reduced to about 150,000.
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