12/5/1996
3/25/2009
Landmark information
- Location:
Corona City Park, 700 block of 6th St (Hwy 171), Corona - Plaque:
Other Plaque - Site:
Nothing Remains - Date First Visited:
12/5/1996 - Date Most Recently Visited:
3/25/2009 - GPS Coordinates:
N 33 52.499, W 117 33.350
About this landmark
Plaque text:
1886 - 1936
Corona Founders
R.B. Taylor, George L. Joy, Samuel Merrill, A.F. Garretson, and Adolph Rimpau, having purchased lands of the La Sierra Rancho of Bernardo Yorba, and the El Temescal grant of Leandro Serrano on May 4, 1886, founded the citrus colony and town of Corona.