Site of Louis Rubidoux House

Louis Robidoux came west from New Mexico in 1844, bought into Rancho Jurupa, and ran cattle, orchards, vineyards, grain and a winery on it until he died in 1868. The family spelled the name Robidoux. Almost nothing here does. A mountain, a community, a school district and this landmark all carry Rubidoux, a u standing in for an o, and the misspelling has outlasted the house by a century and a half. The site is a block of Mission Boulevard now, with nothing above ground and nothing cast to mark it.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Mount Rubidoux — 1.2 mi
  The mountain all of Riverside walks — and the half-acre at the summit the city sold rather than go to court.
• Riverside Chinatown Site — 1.7 mi
  Riverside's second Chinatown — an empty lot on purpose, with eighty percent of it still underground.
• Harada House — 2.3 mi
  The 1884 cottage a Japanese American family bought in their children's names, and kept in court.
• Sherman Institute & the Sherman Indian Museum — 5.4 mi
  The federal Indian boarding school Riverside lobbied to get — still a school today, its 1902 building now a museum.

More markers nearby

• Site of Old Rubidoux Grist Mill — steps away
• Cornelius and Mercedes Jenson Ranch — 0.6 mi
• Mission Inn — 2.1 mi
• Harada House — 2.3 mi