The California Citrus State Historic Park preserves California legacy and Golden period with pride.

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The state park on the edge of Riverside, California, appreciates and pays tribute to the Citrus Fruit industry that had ceased to become noticeable after the development, progression, and building of homes in the southern part of California. The reason why the museum is open air is that the visitors and tourist could speculate and admire the landscape of the museum whose design is purely manmade. As a result, the 240 acres of land was used to construct this open-air museum.

As the visitors step inside the open air museum, they will find themselves going back in time when Southern California was swaying with the Citrus fruit and was in the pink because the juice oranges were an essential part of their diet.

The visitors would also be curious about the origin of the California Citrus State Historic Park so to erase their curiosity, let’s have a look at the brief background behind the establishment of this park. The period of early 1900 marks the era of Second Gold Rush when the citrus magnates came to California in response to the state’s effort to promote citrus plantation. With such efforts, California entered in the golden period of sunshine and possibilities when there abundant plantation of grapes, lemons, oranges, and grapefruit. When the US Department of Agriculture sent Riverside two navel oranges trees that need impeccable soil and climatic conditions to grow, the agricultural industry of Riverside took a dramatic turn.

The architectural design and construction of the park are reflective of the parks of the 1900s so that the visitors feel like walking down the memory lane and speculate the legacy of California with awe and inspiration. So the park contains a picnic area, amphitheater, orchards of citrus fruits, interpretive and activity center. The land inside the open air museum park supports agriculture and the production of best quality citrus fruits.

Moreover, the visitor center of the park is the venue for the museum which entails the history of the citrus industry of California and on the around the park, there is old citrus orchards equipment as exhibits.

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