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Slideshow: Honoring Old Temescal Road
Jim Root, Glen Ivy Hot Springs president and CEO, welcomes people to the event.
Donna Thompson, 67th Assembly District director with Rep. Melissa Melendez’s office, and Anne Fees, executive adminstrative assistant at Glen Ivy Hot Springs who coordinated the event, pose for a picture.
Two deputies with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Mounted Posse attended the event with their partners Dallas and Memphis.
First District Supervisor Kevin Jeffries, who represents Temescal Valley, with Cal Fire firefighters from Station 64 in Sycamore Creek.
Sandy Isom, with Riverside County Fire and a founding member of the Temescal Heritage Foundation, and Kristen Huyck, with Supervisor Kevin Jeffries’ office, enjoy the
festivities.
Corona Councilman Eugene Montanez attended the dedication.
Corona City Councilwoman Karen Spiegel attended the ceremony.
Boy Scout Troop 13 and Girl Scout Troop 470 presented the colors.
Local Boy and Girl Scouts present the colors.
Scouts lead the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Richard Winn, a member of the Corona Historic Preservation Foundation and clad in the garb of a stage coach driver, explained the history of Old Temescal Road.
Mary Bryner Winn, dressed as Janet Williams Gould, spoke fondly of Corona’s leading historian who was known as “The Duchess.” Gould presided at the 1959 dedication of the first marker.
A tent provided some shade for spectators from the morning’s unusually high temperatures. Several members of the Corona Woman’s Improvement Club attended wearing costumes in honor of Janet Gould, who was the chairwoman of the History and Landmark Section of the club when the first marker was dedicated in in 1959.
Several Temescal Valley residents attend the ceremony including Jerry Sincich, Bob Hafner and Roberta Tandy, members of the Temescal Valley Municipal Advisory Council.
Sam Yoo, left, president of the Temescal Heritage Foundation, and Mary and Richard Winn of the Corona Historic Preservation Foundation, unveil the marker.
