California highways; a descriptive record of road development by the state and by such counties as have paved highways . /.. ?W t Riverside County that Riverside County has put in eleven miles of rock roadin the desert near Indio, in addition to which twenty-twomiles have been graded and oiled, the expenditure involvedapproximating $70,000 contributed directly to the StateHighway. In great portion mountainous and comprehending wide-spread stretches of desert where water has not, as yet, beenbrought to the naturally fertile soil, Riverside County isinteresting from a touring standpoint and one
California highways; a descriptive record of road development by the state and by such counties as have paved highways . /.. ?W t Riverside County that Riverside County has put in eleven miles of rock roadin the desert near Indio, in addition to which twenty-twomiles have been graded and oiled, the expenditure involvedapproximating $70,000 contributed directly to the StateHighway. In great portion mountainous and comprehending wide-spread stretches of desert where water has not, as yet, beenbrought to the naturally fertile soil, Riverside County isinteresting from a touring standpoint and one road, devel-oped purely from this viewpoint, is entitled to mention. This road, affectionately dubbed Jack Rabbit Trail bythe people of Riverside, is formally known as San GorgonioDrive, a wonderfully scenic way down from the plateau tothe west of Banning, which discloses the sweep of the moun-tains to the north and west and looks out over a valleydotted with orange groves in the distance, upthrust pointedhills in the foreground and the dim of the bluffs that flankthe ocean far behind. To end this brief discussion of
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