[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 135 (Thursday, October 3, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1425]
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       TRIBUTE TO THE TOWN OF WINCHESTER ON ITS 125TH ANNIVERSARY

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                            HON. KEN CALVERT

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 3, 2013

  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the Town of 
Winchester, one of the oldest communities in Riverside County. On 
October 5, 2013, the town will celebrate its 125th anniversary. 
Winchester has a rich and colorful past, and will continue to 
contribute to the landscape, diversity and history of our county and 
the State of California.
  Settlers came to Winchester in the late 1800s for its warm weather 
and open space abounding with potential for growth. Rich and fertile 
farm lands and natural resources kept the early settlers in Pleasant 
Valley and helped create the thriving community it is today. The Angelo 
Domenigoni and Gaudenzio Garbini families first settled in the area in 
1879.
  These early settlers established a town site, which they named 
Winchester, after the widow of Horace Winchester, Mrs. Amy Winchester. 
Shortly thereafter, in 1880, the first post office was established, and 
original settler, Angelo Domenigoni appointed the first Postmaster. 
Soon, other families including the Patterson, Rice, and Haslam clans 
joined the community. These early families agreed that a Methodist 
Church should be established, and after much support from the town, in 
1887 a church was built at the site of Rock House.
  In pursuit of establishing a town of likeminded people, landowners 
Amy Winchester, Elizabeth Rice, Dennis O'Leary and Reverend J.G. Miller 
hired T.M. Parsons to draw a map of their proposed town site, which was 
submitted to the County of San Diego on January 23, 1888, and is still 
used to this day. In 1893, the County of Riverside was formed and 
Winchester became a census-designated place of the new community. F.L. 
Loveland of Winchester was given the honor of serving as the first 
supervisor for Riverside County.
  The citizens of Winchester continued to make significant 
contributions to the county throughout its development. In 1896, F.T. 
Lindenberger of Winchester was elected to the California State 
Assembly. Mr. Lindenberger had been a long standing fixture within the 
town, owning a farm known as ``Olive Green,'' located at the cross of 
Lindenberger and Newport roads. Dr. Charles S. Dickson, M.D., the 
neighborhood doctor, became one of the first Coroners of Riverside 
County in 1898. From 1890 to 1929, Tilla Patterson Hudson served as a 
station agent for the Santa Fe Railroad. Concurrently, Ms. Hudson 
served as a Wells Fargo agent from 1890 to 1919, making her the longest 
serving female Wells Fargo agent in California.
  I salute the community of Winchester on their 125th anniversary, a 
community that has significantly contributed to the active, historical, 
and thriving nature of Riverside County. Though small in size, it has 
added mightily to the county and state in which it resides. I am 
honored to represent Winchester in the House of Representatives and 
look forward to continuing to serve its residents as the Member of 
Congress for the 42nd District of California.

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