This Day in History - February 26, 1903

A reception was given on February 26th at the school house for the Jurupa Band. The rooms were beautifully decorated with pepper boughs and potted ferns, branches of violets being placed everywhere, in every nook and corner, giving a pleasant fragrance to the rooms. A program was performed, the band played a few selections, and then punch and wafers were served. The balance of the evening was spent in a social way.  

This Day in History: February 18, 1911

The Riverside Daily press reported on this date the following real estate news:

A. Pellisier, the dairyman, has leased from the R.L. and I Company 2000 acres in the rivers bottom for pasturage for his dairy herd. the land lies between the West Riverside bridge and Spanishtown and will all be fenced by Mr. Pellisier.

Elson Art Exhibit

The West Riverside School had the Elson Art exhibit on the evenings of February 1- 19, 1921.

Elson Art exhibits featured 200 reproductions of the world’s great masterpieces. I wasn't able to find much information on these exhibits other than the fact that schools across the country held Elson Art exhibits. The earliest reference I found dated to 1915 and the latest to 1929.  These exhibits were designed to introduce both the children and the adults in the community to great art and to help them choose, at least according to one newspaper article, "art appropriate for the home."