A Cultural Tale of California’s Citrus Industry
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- Опубликовано: 1 июл 2019
- California Citrus State Historic Park in Riverside, CA beautifully preserves one of Southern California’s important historical, cultural and agricultural contributions: citrus farming. In 1873, California’s citrus industry took off when the United States Department of Agriculture mailed two Washington Navel orange trees to Eliza Tibbets, one of the early settlers and founders of Riverside. Word quickly spread of how these trees, coupled with perfect soil and weather conditions in Southern California, produced a sweet and flavorful fruit.
By 1893, Riverside was the wealthiest city per capita in the United States and dozens of new citrus growing communities were created around it - including Rialto, Fontana, Bloomington, Redlands, Loma Linda & South Riverside (now Corona). Citrus farmers flocked to California in what became known as the “Second Gold Rush” and by 1901, there were a staggering 4.5-million citrus trees in California. The industry required a large workforce and immigrant workers quickly filled the need. Native California Indians were among the first to farm the "new California Gold,” but anti-Native American sentiment resulted in a decline in the workforce. The Native Americans were mostly replaced by Chinese immigrants, but soon enough - thanks to anti-Chinese sentiment & The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 - they too were replaced. This time, Japanese immigrants filled the void and became the largest of any labor group in the entire citrus industry. However, once again, anti-Japanese sentiment in the United States soon forced them out and they were eventually replaced by Hispanic immigrants.
In the 1920’s, the Cristero War in Mexico - spawned by the imposition of secularist and anti-Catholic articles in Mexico’s Constitution - resulted in hundreds of thousands of Mexican citizens immigrating to the United States. They quickly filled the void in California’s citrus industry and soon enough they became the largest labor group in the entire industry. For a small $5 entry fee, you can explore California State Historic Park for yourself and learn more about these immigrant work group’s contribution to Southern California’s cultural and agricultural heritage.
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California Citrus State Historic Park is located less than 2 miles from the 91 Freeway & Van Buren Blvd in Riverside, CA. Check it out for yourself and let me know some of your favorite historic parks in the comments! Thanks for watching!
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Very interesting video! I love your selection of attractions that are off the beaten track. As a European, I'm unlikely to ever be fortunate enough to visit them, but your videos go a long way to compensate. Keep up the great work!
LThould awesome! Glad to share some unique places with you. Thanks for watching!
Ayyyy shout out to my hometown of corona
john C Holla! Thanks for watching.
My 7 year old daughter and 3 year old son loved the tag hunt. It kept them busy and have is a fun way for them to learn about the environment and also to learn how to read a map. Overall definitely worth the $5 parking charge. Come and enjoy!!!
I know driving Hwy 178 from the Bakersfield side to Lake Isabella in the late evening, those orange blossoms in the orchards along the highway smell so so killer coming through the vents...
@spirals 73 Them Lilacs are strong!!!! I love the summer nights
That drive can be intense
I always learn so much watching your videos! Thank you
People who travel are far more likely to enjoy the wealth of the world's splendors. 🇨🇦👍
This is how is suppose to be like 💯❤😇
so dope I just started a citrus orchard but I'm in nor cal
whos watching this for homework ;-;
Awesome! Thanks for watching.
How much trees you have?
irrigation+rainfall = evaporation + transpiration + runoff + leaching
Which one of these processes do Farmers really have control over during the growing season? If you have the ability to irrigate your sandy soils and water is cheap and plentiful, then you are fortunate and have some control on the left side of the equation. If you do not have irrigation, you must look at the factors on the right side of the equation to see what can be controlled or minimized to benefit your crop. Evaporation from the soil surface can be reduced with mulch or leaving crop residue on the soil surface. Transpiration is a function of the plant leaf surface area and the weather. Runoff is or should be minimal in sandy textured soils with high percolation rates.
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Do you know if I can use gorilla hair mulch on citrus and fruit trees?
What about a calcium to citrus pleas?
Working for a boss
A lot of these areas these days are really Seedy Fontana especially
Great video but very annoying music. No music would be the best. ^^