Perris, California

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Perris is a city in Riverside County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 46,600. The city is named in honor of Fred T. Perris, chief engineer of the California Southern Railroad; the California Southern was built through the town in the 1880s to build a rail connection between the present day cities of Barstow and San Diego.

Perris is the home of the Orange Empire Railway Museum (OERM, a.k.a "the trolley museum") - the largest operating museum of its kind on the West Coast.

The "Farmer Boys" restaurant chain was started in Perris in 1981.

Perris is also known for the Rock Castle house set on a hill above town.

The train station scenes in the film Calendar Girl were filmed in Perris. The skydiving scenes in the movie The Bucket List starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson were filmed near Perris. Scenes from Eagle Eye were filmed in Perris. "Five the Hard Way" (also known as "Sidehackers") filmed many of its racing scenes in the western hills of Perris. A banner can even be seen in the movie with the city's name on it.

www.cityofperris.org/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perris,_California
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Coordinates:   33°47'27"N   117°13'15"W

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  • Man, people here sure like to skydive!
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