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Education
CREATING A COMMUNITY
About 4,000 B.C.: Luiseño Indians Arrive
About 900 A.D. – First Temecula: Luiseño Indian village near head of Temecula Canyon
1795-97 A.D.: Spanish explorations in the area
1798: Mission San Luis Rey established
Early 1800s – Second Temecula: Luiseño Indian village moves upstream
1821: Transfer from Spanish to Mexican rule
1833: Mexican government secularizes missions
1835: Rancho Temecula first granted
1844: Rancho Pauba granted
1845: Rancho Santa Rosa granted
1846-48: Mexican American War
1848: Mexico cedes California to the US
1852: Treaty of Temecula
1875: Eviction of Temecula Indians
1882 – Third Temecula: Town established alongside 1882 California Southern Railroad line
1905: Walter Vail begins ranching operations in Temecula Valley
1964: 87,000 acre Vail Ranch is sold; Rancho California real estate development plan is launched
1989: Temecula incorporates; residents vote to retain the name “Temecula”
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THE VAIL RANCH
1905 – 1964: Vail Ranch era
1919: Ongoing conflicts over water rights begin
1920s on: The Roripaughs: More than 50 years as ranch managers
1948: Vail Dam completed
1964: Vail property sold to Rancho California developers
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