Mount Rubidoux
Mount Rubidoux
Mount Rubidoux is a mountain within the city limits of the city of Riverside, California in the United States. It represents a landmark Riverside's and was formerly a popular destination for tourists. Today, the Mount Rubidoux is used as a city park. He is known especially for the Easter Sunrise Service, the oldest outdoor church service on Easter morning in the United States. On the mountain, many monuments and memorial markers were set up, including the famous cross on the top, which is dedicated to Junípero Serra.
Geography
Mount Rubidoux is part of the city of Riverside. At its foot of the Santa Ana River, which flows from Jurupa Valley Riverside separates. The mountain is part of the San Bernardino Mountains and has a height of 405 m.
History
Numerous historians from Riverside agree that the original name of Mount Rubidoux Pachappa was. Possibly one of the first owner of the Rancho Jurupa transferred the name to a different, smaller collection, so as to increase the area of the Rancho. If this assumption is correct, the area of the Rancho Jurupa would be increased significantly by this measure and the full range of today's downtown Riverside covered. Another possibility is that the U.S. government renamed the two surveys, so as to restore old land grants.
Its present name from Mount Rubidoux the European settlers Louis Rubidoux, which bought Benjamin Davis Wilson, the second elected mayor of Los Angeles, a part of the Rancho Jurupa and called it Rancho Rubidoux.
1906 were the businessmen Frank Augustus Miller, owner of the Mission Inn, Henry E. Huntington and Charles M. Loring together Huntington Park Association and purchased the land with the intention to build a road to the summit and transform the mountain into a park, Riverside should benefit. the resulting Huntington Park was later renamed Frank A. Miller Mount Rubidoux Memorial Park after the town in 1955, his heirs donated the area. On 13 December 1925, the Peace Memorial Testimonial Peace Tower was dedicated on the mountain Frank Augustus Miller. The next bridge is modeled after the bridge of Alcantara in Spain.
Numerous enhancements, including the new road were completed in February, 1907. The first monument on Mount Rubidoux was a cross that was dedicated to the Franciscan monk and founder of San Francisco, Junípero Serra, April 26, 1907, in memory of his trips through the valley and stops at the Rancho Jurupa.
Mount Rubidoux is listed as Riverside City Landmark No. 26 in the city.
Easter Sunrise Service
In April 1909 Jacob August Riis was a friend of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in Riverside to visit and suggested on top of Mount Rubidoux to celebrate a Mass on Easter morning. Then found here on the following Sunday, the first non-denominational outdoor church service on Easter morning in the USA.
1912 were already about 3,000 people present as Henry van Dyke his poem God of the Open Air recited in worship, and in the following years more and more people took part in the worship. In 1918, was thinking about the construction of an amphitheater with 10,000 seats, these plans were never realized.
Also, by the participation of numerous celebrities including the soprano Marcella Craft came the event at a national and international notoriety. 1915 offered the Southern Pacific Railroad for Easter Sunrise Service, a special connection from Los Angeles to Riverside to; also trams were used to transport visitors from Los Angeles, Corona, Redlands and San Bernardino. With more than 30,000 participants in the worship service, the highest volume was measured in the 1920s.
The hundredth Easter Sunrise Service was held on April 12, 2009.
The Easter Sunrise Service at Mount Rubidoux was a model for many other services throughout the country, including an annual Hollywood Bowl.
Mount Rubidoux today
Still is Mount Rubidoux Riverside's landmark and an important place for the people. On Independence Day, July 4, the city organized a traditional fireworks on the Mount Rubidoux.
Mount Rubidoux Park is open from dawn to dusk, covers an area of 0.65 km ² and has 5.6 km paved roads and several hiking trails. For road transport, the park is locked; But repairs in 2009 could come significantly more walkers, joggers and cyclists. In addition, the Mount Rubidoux is a popular place for bouldering, especially for beginners.
The roads and trails on the mountain are maintained by both the city and by the nonprofit group Friends of Mount Rubidoux.
On March 25, 2013 rescue workers were able to rescue a man alive who had been trapped for several days under a rock on the mountain.