Robidoux Grist Mill Monument (Jurupa Valley, California)

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Erected in 1926, the monument is situated near the site of the old Louis Robidoux (later altered to Rubidoux) grist mill.

Rancho Jurupa was granted to Don Juan Bandini in 1838, consisting of over 32,000 acres of land and extending 20 miles on either side of the Santa Ana River. Bandini sold one and half leagues of his rancho to Benjamin "Don Benito" Wilson in May 1843. Robidoux later purchased Wilson's ranch, building the grist mill on the property sometime between 1846 and 1847. It was the only mill of its kind in the region, supplying flour to the area.

In September 1852, Company H of the 2nd Infantry moved into the grist mill and formed Camp Rancho del Jurupa to subdue California Indians in the area, in response to alleged "outrages" against white settlers.

The grist mill was washed away during a flood in 1862. Adobe bricks supposedly used in the mill's construction were used to build the monument, and one of its millstones (the other located at the Mission Inn) crowns the monument's top.


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