1901 Map of San Jacinto

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Mount San Jacinto dominates this landscape, rising above the San Gorgonio Pass where the Southern Pacific R. R. connects early mountain settlements like Banning and Beaumont to the desert floor. The survey highlights the complex relationship between the high peaks and the developing valleys, showing irrigation infrastructure like the Florida Canal and the substantial Hemet Reservoir providing water to the burgeoning citrus and agricultural lands around San Jacinto and Hemet. Multiple tribal lands, including the San Jacinto Indian Reservation and Cahuilla Indian Reservation, are clearly delineated alongside early recreation and health destinations like Relief Hot Springs and Palm Springs. This era of the late 1890s and early 1900s captures the region just as the San Jacinto Mountains were being established as a recreational and water resource for the surrounding lowlands.