Hemet









Information about Hemet, California

There are several smaller communities that make up the Hemet Valley area. They are East Hemet, San Jacinto, Valle Vista, Winchester, Homeland, Nuevo, and Lakeview.

HEMET was founded in 1887 and incorporated on January 20, 1910 with 992 people. Hemet has 25.97 square miles and is a mean elevation of 1,599 feet. The highest point in Hemet is 2,052 feet above sea level. The City's latitude is 33:44:50.464N and longitude is 116:58:4.339W.

Ritchie Mansion - The Haunted House That Isnt

The Richie MansionThe Ritchie Mansion in Hemet California, also known as Haunted Hilltop Manor or The Hemet Wilson Manor is one of the most well known "haunted houses" in the area, if not all of the Inland Empire.

Have I got a Gold Mine to sell ya?

'Yes Indeed, Mr Kenworthy....I've found a mine that got millions waiting to be dug out, I just don't have the capital or the partners to help finance the venture. Now Mr Kenworthy, ya looks like a man of means and I was wondering if you would like to increase for fortune by buying me mine.'

That's the gist of the conversation that took place between an English Gentleman and a scoundrel of a man who's only dirt ever dug, was done within the confines of the territorial Prison in Riverside and the only gold he mined was out of the pockets of Mr. Kenworthy.

The Woman In black who saved my mom.....

WOMEN IN PIONEER BLACK DRESSWhen my mom was a bout 12 she came down with a sickness that dam near killed her but in today's medicine world it would have been considered a nuisance cold. But back then Colic was deadly especially during the depression when people didn't have access to money or doctors for that matter.

Diamond Valley Lake

Is designed to be filled from two sources, the Colorado River and state water from Northern California.....The Metropolitan Water District dug a 44-mile tunnel through the San Bernardino mountains in order to lay a pipeline known as the Inland Feeder.

The Ramona Pageant in Hemet

I have an interest in this play because both my parents, and their brothers and sisters were at one time or another part of the Ramona Pageant, in the 1930's when they were small children, and later my dad played an Indian brave when he was about 16.....And, at the very beginning of her acting career, a certain Raquel Welch even played the part of Ramona....Now how about that!

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