Small Pox on the Jensen Ranch

A case of small pox was reported at the home of Cornelius Jensen in Jurupa in September 1885.  The victim was a grandchild of Mr. Jensen whose family had just returned from Mexico, where is was believed that the child had contracted the disease. Unfortunately, the child died. The house was properly guarded and cleansed, reported the local newspapers, and no one else caught the disease. It was the only case of small pox reported in San Bernardino County that season. (Jurupa was at that time still part of San Bernardino County as Riverside did not become a county until 1893.)