Linda Rosa, California

Linda Rosa, or Linda Rose, is a former populated place, formerly in San Diego County, now in Riverside County, California. The town site of Linda Rosa was located southwest of the old town of Murrieta, California on the west side of Murrieta Creek.[1] Linda Rosa is a name derived from Spanish meaning "pretty rose".[2]

Linda Rosa was one of the many land development schemes of the 1880s in Southern California. In 1887, the Santa Rosa Land & Improvement Company, belonging to the Englishman, Parker Dear, owner of the Rancho Santa Rosa subdivided the 400-acre Linda Rosa Tract [3] southwest of Murrieta along the California Southern Railroad line. The company spent approximately $5,000 building a depot, but the railroad did not make Linda Rosa a scheduled stop.[4] The Linda Rosa Hotel was built by the land company in 1888 at an estimated cost of $15,000.[5] The large hotel provided a place where visitors and land buyers could stay.[6]

Linda Rosa Fruit Canning and Preserving Company was formed on June 30, 1888 to grow and can fruit and vegetables.[7] Linda Rosa had its own post office, Linda Rose, from November 20, 1888 to March 20, 1890. When the land boom went bust, the town lots failed to sell and the office was closed and mail service was moved to Temecula Station.[8][9] The hotel was torn down and used to build a house.[6] With the failure of his development, Parker Dear went bankrupt and lost the rancho to his bank in 1893.

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Linda Rose
  2. Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 187.
  3. Temecula at the Crossroads of History, page 69; ISBN 1-886483-14-0
  4. Along the Old Roads, A History of the Portion of Southern California that became Riverside County 1772 – 1893; ISBN 0983750025
  5. Temecula at the Crossroads of History, page 69; ISBN 1-886483-14-0
  6. Murrieta, Images of America by Marvin Curran, Loretta Barnett, Rebecca Farnbach, Murrieta, p.39,76;ISBN 978-0-7385-4669-8
  7. San Diego. Canning Company — San Diego Union, June 21: "The much talked-of fruit-canning company is now ready for business. Yesterday articles of incorporation were filed with the County Clerk. The name of the corporation is the New York and Linda Rosa Fruit Canning and Preserving Company, and the capital stock is $200,000 divided into 2000 shares of the value of $100 each. The purposes of the corporation, as set forth are the raising of fruit and vegetables and canning and preserving the same for sale; the acquiring by purchase or otherwise any patent or other rights affecting said industry; the buying, selling and exchange of lands and other property necessary or desirable for the successful prosecution and development of the business of the corporation; the purchase, manufacture, sale and general dealing with machinery and tools in any way connected with the industry. The principal place of business is designated as Linda Rosa, in this county. The capital stock has all been subscribed by the following gentlemen, constituting the directory of the company: W. C. Jacubs, Linda Rosa, $190,000; J. E. Dean, Murrieta, $500; A. J. Chapel, Los Angeles, $500; James Tobin, Boston, $2500; H. T. Mason, Murrieta, $500." Pacific Rural Press, Volume 35, Number 26, 30 June 1888, p.565.
  8. Frickstad, Walter N., A Century of California Post Offices 1848-1954, Philatelic Research Society, Oakland, CA. 1955, pp. 147-158.
  9. Charles A. Higgins, New guide to the Pacific coast, Santa Fé route: California, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois, Rand, McNally, and Company, Chicago and New York, 1894, p.224.

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