Hamilton Creek (Cahuilla Creek)

Hamilton Creek is a tributary stream of Cahuilla Creek, (itself a tributary of Wilson Creek, Temecula Creek and the Santa Margarita River), in Riverside County, California. Its mouth is found in the Anza Valley at an elevation of 3,865 feet / 1,178 meters. Its source is at 33°32′46″N 116°34′36″W / 33.54611°N 116.57667°W / 33.54611; -116.57667 at an elevation of 4,800 feet on the southwest facing slope of Lookout Mountain in the Santa Rosa Mountains.[1]

History

Hamilton Creek was named after Jim Hamilton, an African American man who settled there after his lost his farm in Butterfield Valley after losing a lawsuit over ownership of the Rancho Pauba in the early 1880s.[2] Hamilton moved out to the lands of the Cahuilla, where he and two of his sons raised cattle at their ranch in the Anza Valley,[3] which was first known as the Hamilton Plain. Hamilton School in Anza was also was named after him.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hamilton Creek
  2. ↑ Robert L. Carlton, Blacks in San Diego County: A Social Profile, 1850-1880, The Journal of San Diego History, SAN DIEGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY, Volume 21, Number 4, Fall 1975
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Anza Valley
  4. ↑ Steve Lech, Pioneers of Riverside County: The Spanish, Mexican, and Early American Periods, Arcadia Publishing, Dec 10, 2012, Notes, Chapter 4, note 58.
  5. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hamilton Creek

Coordinates: 33°32′41″N 116°40′14″W / 33.54472°N 116.67056°W / 33.54472; -116.67056


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