I am starting a new feature today. As you might have noticed it will be called "This Date in History." Once a week I will be looking to see what happend in Jurupa Valley history on that date.
Today it will be July 26th, 1916. On this date the County Board of Supervisors let the contract for the constuction of the Pedley Bridge, the very first bridge to be built over the Santa Ana River in the Pedley area.
I hate to be picky. It was the first HIGHWAY bridge over the Santa Ana River near Pedley. The UP Railroad bridge was finished before 1905 when they had the "Concrete Spike" ceremony. (Yeah, what I just wrote is all true EXCEPT the part about the spike.) - LOREN
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