Southern California’s temperate climate provided ideal conditions for establishing a thriving new citrus industry in the late 1800s. New citrus growers were lured to the region with advertisements of ...

So far it’s been a mild winter in Redlands – no snow, no freezes. It’s what you expect in the town that used to call itself the navel orange capital of the world. But sometimes Mother Nature blows a ...

We rise today to honor the memory of the most ordinary-looking of inventions, a spire of metal that for years was the savior of ranchers all over Southern California. They were called orchard heaters ...

A large supply of smudge pots — heaters used for the past 100 years to prevent citrus from freezing on frosty nights — proved too enticing for a 29-year-old Calimesa man, authorities say, who is ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Rows of galvanized metal heaters are ...