2005.....90,000
*Population numbers taken before incorporation
History
Pre-1800
A metropolitan area was inhabited per Temecula native humans for 100s of years prior to their number 1 meeting by having a Spanish missionaries (a humans come currently usually called the "Luiseños", after a Mission San Luis Rey de Francia), but it misplaced an forecasted 40% of their people due to introduced epidemics in the last couple of years of the 18th century. [http://www.fourdir.com/luiseno.htm]
A title Temecula comes from either a Luiseño word Temecunga - about, "place of the sun". It wwhen a Spanish world health organization transcribed a word as "Temecula". Based on data from a city site, "Temecula is the only city in California to still retain its original Indian name".
A foremost recorded Spanish visit, around October of 1797, was that of Franciscan padre, Father Juan Norberto de Santiago, who was shopping for the freshly mission places. He visited what is currently Lake Elsinore, and yet visited good deal of the rest of the Temecula Valley.
1800-1900
Little is known astir Temecula when you took a early 1800’s because so several records were destroyed in a fire that followed the neat San Francisco earthquake in 1906.
In the 1820s, the Mission San Antonio de Pala was built, and the good attempt to Christianize the local natives was begun.
Within 1845, in a period of the disintegration of Mexico's hold in California, a Temecula Ranch was granted to Felix Valdez. A Luiseño & Cahuilla tribes were involved, like bloodily, in the local battles of the Mexican-American War during the as a consequence years.
One of the virtually all typically told stories of Temecula’s early times is of the Butchery inside a nearby canon that took place inside January, 1847. A canon is upright in a image below a present places of the Vail Flow of any stream Dam & was the scene of the all-fired battle of the Mexican War. Excited per fight ingesting place about a babies, the Temecula Indians decided to do a trifle war-ridden in their have. It captured Xi Mexican soldiers whom they late executed at the place nowadays called Warner Springs. a Mexican contingency was presently dispatched to rerun the babies down & avenge the deaths.
A Temeculans, world health organization were today on a dog, went into the canon hoping to ambush their pursuers. A tables were turned in a two, per Mexicans world health organization enlisted the help of the nearby Cahuilla Indians, who got been itching to settle a score by owning a Temeculans above a few former encounter between them tribes.
A Mexicans, feigning fatigue & sickness, lured a Temeculans away from a canon & into a paws of the Cahuillas world health organization promptly slaughtered the children. Many times late a dead Temeculans were buried within a most common grave, the mound of which is however seeable from either Highway 79.
When whiten Western settlers began to get into California in a aftermath of the war, friction by owning the native tribes increased. At long last the "Treaty with the San Louis Rey, Etc., 1852.", negotiated withinside adept faith by two sides, was sign within the Magee Store in Temecula in 1852. Regrettably, it was never ratified per U.s. Congress. [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol4/html_files/v4p1124.html]
Temecula got its part of lives using desperate criminal. Early inside 1857, Juan Flores, the leader of the gang of crook, flushed the market keeper within San Juan Capistrano and then agaaround in Temecula. By owning a serve of Manuelito Chapalac, he hide touching Santiago Peak in which he & his unexpended followers, world health organization by that instance got likewise flushed a Los Angeles County Sheriff, were captured by posses from either El Monte and San Diego. He late escaped, triggering a greatest manhunt ever conducted inside California. Flores was eventually recaptured inside Simi Pass north of Los Angeles. In February 21, 1857, the Los Angeles turnkey gave up him to the mob & he was hanged in the street of the town.
On the nighttime of September 18, 1858, the number one of the Butterfield Overland stagecoach line, which was to run between St. Louis and San Francisco, pulled up in front of the Magee Store. a last stage line experienced began heading between a general store in Warner Ranch & Coltin & a foremost stage to ever enter the Temecula Valley arrived from either Warner Ranch on October 27, 1857. Using a arrival of a stages too come the beginning of vary in the Vale. Stage were synonymous by using holdups & sure enough the stage was held higher & robbed touching Temecula. A stage driver was slain while he refused to give higher a heavy pack.
A stages brought recently settlers to the vicinity & mail became an important hyperlink using a rest of the united states. In April 22, 1859, the 1st inland Southern California post professional was established within Temecula in the Magee Store.
This was a 2nd post professional in a state, the foremost existence located in San Francisco. a Temecula post professional was destined for a total of ease up a following years; its present locations come the seventh & eighth web sites it has occupied.
When a United States mail delivery around Temecula was existence transformed from either either stage to military messenger & from saddle pouches to wagons, more phases of history were too transpiring. Natural of discontentedness bred per Civil War, in the late 1860’s, a great migration reached Temecula Valley. It was as well when you took this cycle that a historic Mormon March, the yearn military march within U.S. history, passed across Temecula en route to San Diego.
the Civil War put an prevent to the outstanding Butterfield Overl& Stage Service and transport once more became a condition.
Around 1882, the Pechanga Indian Reservation of approximately 4,000 acres (Sixteen km²) was formed by executive choose & formally created a few eight miles from either downtown Temecula.
In January 23, 1882, a railway line from either National City to Temeculthe was completed and a valley’s silence was broken per whistle of a railway locomotive. Regular service was began between National City & Temecula ii months late & local residents got skillful access to San Diego. a minor business boom began inside Temecula by owning the advent of rail service & many freshly places were built & began to garner trade. Within 1883 the line was extended to San Bernardino. In a late 1880’s, a series of floods washed out the tracks & the railroad was eventually abandoned. A old Temecula station wound higher as a barn & was late demolished.
Our contries writer Helen Hunt Jackson visited Temecula in 1882–83, & very much of the action of her right-known novel, Ramona, takes place within & in a area of the Temecula Valley.
A stone age was revived in the 1890’s with a operation of granite stone quarries. Temecula granite was shaped into fence & hitching posts, curb stones, courthouse steps, & building stops. Numbers of of the fence posts & curb stones may however become seen around Temecula, Riverside, & San Francisco.
At the turn of the century Temecula gained a place of importance as a transport point for grain and cattle. When you took this cycle a cowboys ruled a roost & a dandy cows causes from either the backwoods took place. Temeculthe experienced turn into a cow town.
1900-1989
Within 1904 Walter L. Vail, world health organization got came to the United States by using his parents from either Nova Scotia, migrated to California and by owning various partners began buying huge areas of land around Southern California. Vail was already the cows rancher within the grand shell prior to he began buying cattle ranch land in the Temecula Valley in 1905, buying large tracts beginning using 38,000 acres (154 km²) of Temecula & Pauba Ranchos, along by using a northern half of the Little Temecula Ranch. Vail was redo above & flushed by the street car inside Los Angeles inside 1906; his son, Mahlon Vail, took on top a personal cattle ranch.
Inside 1914, financed by Mahlin Vail and local ranchers, a Foremost National Bank of Temecula opened on Front Street.
Within 1915, the 1st paved, 2-lane county road was built across Temecula.
Temecula got its part of excitement in the late 1920’s and 30’s. There were execution, the bank robbery, the flood, & visits by Hollywood celebrities. Prize fighters Jack Dempsey and Jack Sharkey worked out in a jury-rigged ring on the 2nd floor of the old Welty building at Front & Main Streets all over the Blind Pig Saloon & occasionally moon-shining was conducted in the surrounding hills.
By 1947, the Vail Ranch contained upright across 87,500 acres (354 km²). For years a Vail personal got dreamed of building a dam to catch the Temecula Creek a lake which ran its course to the Pacific Ocean. Around 1948, at a prices of to a higher degree $1 million, a dam was completed & created Vail Flow of any stream.
Through the mid-1960's a economy of a Temecula Valley centered in a area of the Vail Ranch; the kine business & agriculture were the stimuli for virtually all business ventures. When you took that time period, a business of a Swing Inn, a Long Branch Saloon & the Stables Bar seemed to exist as confined to ranchers, cowboys, and Indians. While the Old West lifestyle continued here, the outside world was evolving dramatically.
On December 4, 1964, the Vail Ranch was sold to Kaiser Development Company and launched the transformation of the Temecula Valley. A later purchase by the group brought the total area to 97,500 acres (395 km²) – a spread of land two and a half times the size of the city and county of San Francisco.
The last years of the 1960's and early 70's witnessed the beginnings of dramatic change in the Temecula Valley. Engineers, contractors, heavy-equipment operators and real estate agents quickly edged out the cowboys and Indians as the main customers at the local establishments. Pickup trucks towing horse trailers, trucks hauling cattle and tractors rigged with farm implements were replaced by cement mixers, lumber trucks and industrial grading equipment. Sales activity switched from cattle, hay and grain to subdivided real estate land.
The Kaiser Land Development Company marketed the valley's attractions actively. Soon, the area became known as Rancho California. Many land sales were accomplished by means of limited partnership syndications, which helped to spread awareness of the area.
One side effect of this high-profile development was a second tier real estate boom in land suitable for avocado groves and grape vineyards on the east side of the valley. The value of plantable land skyrocketed.
The late '70s brought changes to some of the original Old West sites. The Long Branch Saloon was converted into a meeting house, while the Stables Bar became the site for retail stores. Although the Swing Inn remains, new restaurants began to open.
The I-15 corridor between Los Angeles County and San Diego was completed in the early 1980's and the subdivision land boom began. When Rancho California incorporated in December, 1989, the citizens voted to officially name their city "Temecula".
1990-Present
The 1990s brought rapid growth to the Temecula Valley. Many families began to move to the area from San Diego and Orange County drawn by the affordable housing prices. However, as the years have progressed, the housing has become more expensive and the area has become primarily middle to upper-middle class.
In 1999, The Promenade Mall opened in Temecula on land that had once been used for farming and grazing. The mall made Temecula a regional center for shopping and dining.
In 2005, Temecula expanded by annexing the neighboring planned community known as Redhawk. The annexation brought the rapidly growing population to 90,000.
Wineries
wineries in California, and the Temecula Valley continues to be a small but significant wine production center, supporting nineteen wineries Santa Ynez and the Napa Valley.
Baily Vineyard & Winery
Bella Vista Cilurzo Vineyard & Winery
Callaway Vineyard & Winery
Churon Winery
Falkner Winery
Filsinger Vineyards & Winery
Hart Winery
Keyways Vineyard & Winery
Leonesse Cellars
Maurice Car'rie Winery
Miramonte Winery
Mount Palomar Winery
Palumbo Family Vineyards & Winery
Ponte Family Winery
South Coast Winery
Stuart Cellars
Thornton Winery
Van Roekel Vineyards & Winery
Wilson Creek Winery & Vineyard
Tourism
Although the area is not as well known as Palm Springs, the warm desert climate attracts tourists year-round, especially golfers who can use one of the nine local golf courses.
Temecula is well known for its hot air balloon rides and tours, floating over wineries and desert terrain. The image of colorful hot air balloons is used throughout the Temecula Valley as a quickly recognizable symbol of the city.
Old Town Temecula
A collection of historic 1890s buildings, antique stores, shopping and restaurants, Old Town Temecula is also home to such events as car shows, western days and summer entertainment. Over 600 antique dealers do buisness in the district.
Every Saturday, Old Town also plays host to the state certified Temecula Farmer's Market. Here, local farmers only sell products that they grow themselves.
Old Town is also home to the Temecula Museum which features exhibits about the local band of Native Americans and the local natural history and city development.
Pechanga Resort and Casino
In 2001, the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians built the $262 million Pechanga Resort & Casino complex. Linked together in an architectural design that subtly highlights the tribe's Luiseño culture, the facility includes: an 85,000-square foot casino, 1,200-seat bingo hall, 515,000 square-foot, 14-story, 522-room hotel and 38,800 square-foot convention center, 1,200-seat showroom, 200-seat cabaret lounge, and seven restaurants. The new casino also features 2,000 slot machines, 60 card tables and 15 poker tables.
The venue also attracts big name performances. Pechanga has played host to the musical Chicago, singer and actress Liza Minelli, and comedians such as Jerry Seinfeld among countless others.
The resort attracts gamblers and tourists from all over California and the U.S.
The Temecula Valley International Film and Music Festival
Filmmakers and musicians from across America and around the globe have come to Temecula every September since 1995 to participate and enjoy in the celebration of film and music.
Attendance has grown from 600 in 1995 to 10,000 in 2004. Media coverage is extensive and global, boasting of over 15,000,000 media impressions worldwide. Over 700 films have been screened from more than 20 countries since 1995.
Lifetime and Career Achievement Award honorees include distinguished film and music icons of past and present such as Howard W. Koch, Robert Wise, Carl Reiner, Karl Malden, Shirley Jones, Michael York, Ray Charles, Rita Coolidge, Marsha Mason, Robert Stack, Gale Ann Hurd, William Shatner, Patty Duke, Billy Preston, Sam Grogg, Julie Corman, Etta James, John Spencer, Diane Ladd, Penelope Spheeris, Howard Suber, AC Lyles, Louis Gossett, Jr, Lou Rawls, Jonathan Lynn, Dr. Elizabeth Daley, Gina Gershon, Trevor Rabin, and Michael Childers.
The festival is open to US and Foreign films in five categories: Full Length Features, Shorts, Documentaries, Animation and Student Films.
The music competition component of TVIFF is designed to showcase the music vision and artistic wizardry of talented individuals and groups from across America and the world. Entries for all genres of music, from rock, jazz and pop, Hip Hop, R&B, Latin, Country, Folk, and World are accepted.
The festival's social calendar starts with Opening Night Festivities, followed by daily & nightly filmmaker/musician receptions, industry workshops, a Lifetime and Career Achievement Awards Black Tie Gala, a Sunday morning Hot Air Balloon Ride, a Closing Night Wrap party and Best of Fest special screening presentations and much more.
Sister Cities
Temecula maintains international relations with two cities, Leidschendam-Voorburg in the Netherlands and Nakayama in Japan.
Schools in Temecula send students every year to both cities in order to experience culture and to help strengthen ties between the cities.
The city recently dedicated a Japanese Garden at the centrally located Temecula Duck Pond to honor the 10th anniversary of the city's relationship with sister city Nakayama.
The Temecula Duck Pond is also home to an art piece entitled “Singing in the Rain.� It was commissioned by the city of Leidschendam-Voorburg as a gift to the city to commemorate the resilient American spirit in the aftermath of 9/11. The piece depicts a mother and her children bravely peddling a bicycle into the strong headwinds of a storm. The statue stands as a lasting tribute to the strength and courage of those who refuse to be broken by brutality and terrorism.
Temecula Valley Unified School District
The Temecula Valley Unified School District (TVUSD) has schools in Temecula, Murrieta and Winchester, California. The general boundaries extend north to Baxter Road in French Valley, south to the Riverside County line, east to Vail Lake, and west to the Temecula city limit. The district covers approximately 148 square miles.
The district has expanded rapidly in the last few years. In 2004, the district opened its third high school, Great Oak High School, only six years after the opening of its second high school, Chaparral High.
Approximately 25,000 students (Grades K-12) are currently enrolled in the district. The district offers many programs for students to advance their educational experience.
Ronald Reagan and Temecula
In a March 1983 speech to the U.S. Olympic Committee, President Ronald Reagan praised a commmunity in Southern California and their "can-do" volunteer spirit: "... There are many similar stories right here in California, the folks in a rather small town, Temecula. They got together and built themselves a sports park, held fundraising barbecues and dinners. And those that didn't have money, volunteered the time and energy. And now the young people of that community have baseball diamonds for Little League and other sports events, just due to what's traditional Americanism... " At the time of the speech, Temecula was six years away from becoming a city and many projects were completed by community leaders and volunteers who provided money, labor and equipment.
Reagan also owned a 771-acre spread in nearby Tenaja where he contemplated building a ranch. He bought the land in 1968 and sold it 11 years later.
On the 22nd anniversary of the speech, in 2005, about 70 city officials, community leaders and residents gathered to formally rename the Rancho California Sports Park, which has served the community for many years with its family friendly sports fields and attractions, after Reagan. Former first lady Nancy Reagan sent a letter thanking the city.
It was recently decided that the city would dedicate a memorial to the 40th president and place the statue in the park. The monument will depict a young family and represent the volunteers who helped build the park. Those figures will be life-size. Reagan will be larger-than-life, a short distance away. He will be smiling as he looks at the family. He will be holding a cowboy hat in one hand and leaning on a shovel in the other.
Construction of the memorial is slated to begin by the 23rd anniversary of the speech in 2006.
Geography
Temecula is located at 33°30'12" North, 117°7'25" West (33.503295, -117.123687).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 68.1 km² (26.3 mi²). 68.0 km² (26.3 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.11% water.
Demographics
As of the censusof 2000, there are 57,716 people, 18,293 households, and 15,164 families residing in the city. The population density is 848.6/km² (2,198.3/mi²). There are 19,099 housing units at an average density of 280.8/km² (727.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 78.93% White, 3.42% African American, 0.86% Native American, 4.73% Asian, 0.30% Pacific Islander, 7.41% from other races, and 4.35% from two or more races. 19.01% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 18,293 households out of which 52.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.8% are married couples living together, 10.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 17.1% are non-families. 12.6% of all households are made up of individuals and 3.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 3.15 and the average family size is 3.45.
In the city the population is spread out with 34.7% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 33.3% from 25 to 44, 17.2% from 45 to 64, and 7.1% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 31 years. For every 100 females there are 97.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 94.2 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $76,892 (2003), and the median income for a family is $68,051 (2003). Males have a median income of $47,113 (2000) versus $31,608 (2000) for females. The per capita income for the city is $24,312 (2003). 6.7% of the population and 5.6% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 7.1% of those under the age of 18 and 3.2% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
