Do you know what Yucaipa use to look like long ago?
Yucaipa was first home to the Serranos. It was a rich green valley with creeks and oak trees off to the East of main community. The California Buckwheat was as plentiful as it is in today’s Crafton Hills. The rolling hills filled with luscious, grass lands. would later attract cattle of the San Gabriel Mission to come and use the valley to feed their cattle. The Native American community that gathered here lived along the creek side that provided a small lake and marshlands until 1875 Earthquake . This earthquake changed the flow of the Yucaipa Creek forever. As a result, the water table dropped allowing the pioneers of the time to construct homes and ranch buildings in the Lower Bench of the community. Yucaipa would continue to start growing along with Oak Glen and Calimesa. Original Founders of Oak Glean would share their 1 room school house in the home of Enoch Parrish. The Oak Glen founders include the Parrish, Wilshire , Rivers, and Law families. For more information go to Pioneers and Settlers of Yucaipa. This will give you information on the beginnings of Yucaipa.
