| Corona Contributor(s): Bryner Winn, Mary (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738529915 ISBN-13: 9780738529912 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2005 Annotation: Several times in the late 20th century, Corona was cited as the fastest-growing city in California, doubling and tripling its former sleepy-town size of around 25,000 in the 1970s to 150,000 in a matter of just decades. Corona has come a long way from its former offshoot identify as South Riverside in the late 19th century. Incorporated as Corona in 1896, it survived as a dry-farming community until the arrival of citrus crops. Its status as a way station for travelers between Los Angeles and the outlying desert communities was dramatically altered in the mid-1910s when it became an internationally recognized road-racing draw for the likes of Barney Oldfield and other great speedsters of the day. As a bedroom community today for workers in Orange and Los Angeles Counties, it is virtually a prototype of Southern California suburban growth. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Dewey: 979.497 |
| LCCN: 2005293145 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.33" H x 6.56" W x 9.34" (0.65 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southern California - Geographic Orientation - California - Locality - Riverside-San Bernardino, CA |
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| Publisher Description: Several times in the late 20th century, Corona was cited as the fastest-growing city in California, doubling and tripling its former sleepy-town size of around 25,000 in the 1970s to 150,000 in a matter of just decades. Corona has come a long way from its former offshoot identity as South Riverside in the late 19th century. Incorporated as Corona in 1896, it survived as a dry-farming community until the arrival of citrus crops. Its status as a way station for travelers between Los Angeles and the outlying desert communities was dramatically altered in the mid-1910s when it became an internationally recognized road-racing draw for the likes of Barney Oldfield and other great speedsters of the day. As a bedroom community today for workers in Orange and Los Angeles Counties, it is virtually a prototype of Southern California suburban growth. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bryner Winn, Mary: - Author and local historian Mary Bryner Winn has written history articles for The Press-Enterprise in Riverside and the Corona-Norco Independent. To create this photographic excursion into Corona s colorful past, she worked closely with the staff of the Corona Public Library s W.D. Addison Heritage Room, under the auspices of the Corona Historic Preservation Society. |