Southern California; . 69. RIVERSIDE COUNTY. ONLY three miles south of Sau Bernardino liesthe town of Colton, surrounded by fruit treesand in the midst of an agricultural , the mother of the orange culture of SouthernCalifornia, extends along the valley of the Santa AnaRiver, six miles beyond. It is surrounded by ruggedhills and mountain ranges which rise in striking contrastto the tropical verdure of the valley. All about thelowlands are orange groves and avenues of shade trees,broad irrigating ditches and gardens of flowers, whilegreat boulder-covered hills rise from this v
Southern California; . 69. RIVERSIDE COUNTY. ONLY three miles south of Sau Bernardino liesthe town of Colton, surrounded by fruit treesand in the midst of an agricultural , the mother of the orange culture of SouthernCalifornia, extends along the valley of the Santa AnaRiver, six miles beyond. It is surrounded by ruggedhills and mountain ranges which rise in striking contrastto the tropical verdure of the valley. All about thelowlands are orange groves and avenues of shade trees,broad irrigating ditches and gardens of flowers, whilegreat boulder-covered hills rise from this verdant plain,bearing aloft a sterile waste which can only be paralleledon the Mojave Desert. Farther oflF, across the valley tothe north, lies the San Bernardino Range, colored by theatmosphere a purplish blue, a beautiful ever-presentbackground for the picturesque valley. When I speak of Riverside as the mother of thecitrus industry, I do not mean that the fruit was firstgrown here, but that this colony made the first and
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