Jurupa Valley: Oldest New City in Riverside County?

If the citizens of Jurupa vote to become a city on March 8th, the new city of Jurupa Valley will be brand new, but will have a long and interesting history. Long before Riverside existed, before Norco, Corona, and Moreno Valley, there was the Rubidoux Rancho. All the roads and trails of what we now call the Inland Empire converged on the Robidoux Rancho, making Louis Robidoux a very well informed and important man. As I told the Local Agency Formation Commission when they were considering allowing Jurupa Valley cityhood to go to a vote, "The residents of Jurupa were here to greet the founders of Riverside. We were hear to greet the founders of Corona. We were here to greet the founders of Norco, and we were here to greet the the first people to move in to the subdivisions of Eastvale."   Jurupa's long history will only serve to make  our potential city stronger, with a vivid past and identity that so many new cities do not have. I hope we vote to become a city. But whatever happens, I will still be here, researching Jurupa's history.