Murrieta Historical Timeline
*from the Murrieta Museum and Murrieta Valley Historical Society
1876
Juan Murrieta Marries Adele Golsh
1880
The Southern California Railroad was chartered
April 26, 1882
Juan Murrieta granted the Railroad a right away across the Temecula Rancho
September 13, 1883
The first passenger train from San Diego to San Bernardino
1884
Juan Murrieta sells 14,500 acres of Rancho Temecula to Temecula Land and Water Company.
1884-1885
President M.L. Wilks constructs the Fountain House located on Clay St.
1885
Murrieta Post Office is established
October 28, 1885
Murrieta Grammar School Opens
February 1891
Railroad washes out in Santa Margarita Canyon
May 9, 1893
Riverside County is formed
1893
Henry Sykes purchases the Fountain House
January 27, 1898
Murrieta Post Office moved to the train depot
December 25, 1899
A 6.5 earthquake struck in San Jacinto
April 11, 1900
Emma Hale Skyes was born. She was later know as E. Hale Curran
1902
Fredrick “Fritz” Guenther purchases the Murrieta Hot Springs
1915
The Inland Highway is paved from Elsinore to Temecula
1916
Earnest Lakeman opens the Lakeman Lunch Room
April 21, 1918
6.8 San Jacinto Earthquake
November 1918
Murrieta Valley Grain Elevator is built
1919
The Murrieta Grammar School is taken down
1920
The second Murrieta Grammar School is opened
1921
Mrs. Sleeper dies and E. Hale Curran inherits the Fountain House
The Holiness Church burns to the ground
E. Hale Curran
1924
Postmaster Oliver W. Miller corrects the spelling of Murrieta from “Murrietta”
June 1924
Murrieta Town Hall burns to the ground
December 1924
Henry Eilers purchases the Lakeman Lunch Room and renames it
Henry’s Place
March 18, 1935
The last train leaves Murrieta Train Depot
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