Talk:San Jacinto, California

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Bryan Mills (additional information available by emailing brycmills AT gmail.com).

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For local history, see Hemet, California as the two cities share a great deal of commonality. The San Jacinto Earthquake of 1899 was named for the possible epicenter (San Jacinto Fault) of the 7.0 richter scale tremor, happened on Christmas day (Dec. 25). The accredited Mount San Jacinto College, a junior college is located in the city. 207.200.116.134 22:48, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm surprised there's no mention of the Mission and Rancho periods in this article. San Jacinto was an important part of the Spanish/Mexican missions. Helen Hunt Jackson spent time in the San Jacinto Valley before she wrote her novel Ramona, and while Hemet likes to claim all the Ramona fame, it was the area that became the Soboba Reservation where Jackson visited. I grew up in San Jacinto, and I wrote my senior history thesis on the Missions in the (now) northern San Diego County and Riverside County area. I guess I'll have to dust off my research and update the article. VUIvangelist (talk) 06:37, 15 April 2008 (UTC)