This Date in History - September 11, 1939

Streater's grocery men softball team palyed the team from First Baptist Church of Riverside. The game was held at the Mira Loma ball grounds, located at Jurupa Road and Etiwanda Avenue. The game took place at 7:30 p.m. 

The Day Mira Loma Got its Name

I love going through the historic archive of the Los Angeles Times. Because the Press Enterprise is not on line the Times is the next best substitute. Last night I was looking for articles about bootlegging in Wineville by looking for any articles about Wineville between 1920 and 1933. I admit I could do this stuff 24 hours a day, it is so fun! Who knows what you might find? Well, last night I was rewarded with one of those random things I never expected. An article popped up which said that as of November 1, 1930 Wineville would cease to exist and the town would be known as Mira Loma. Because the area was unincorporated, changing the name required a name change for the post office and for the Union Pacific railroad station. So, there you go folks. November 1, 1930 is officially the day Mira Loma came to be!  I hope someone out there is as excited by this piece of information as I am! Whooo whooo!!!!

First School in Mira Loma

In 1888 A.J. Stalder donated land for the first school in what is known today as Mira Loma. Lumber and labor were donated by local families to build the school in 1892. It was known as the Pleasant Valley school. Just a year later the County of Riverside was formed from portions of San Diego and San Bernardino. A school in the Winchester area was also known as Pleasant Valley so our Mira Loma school changed its name to Union, which was the name of the election district for that area. The school was located where Etiwanda intersects the 60 freeway today. This little school served the children of the area until a new school was built in 1915.