Pinacate (

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word for the

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), was a small settlement east of the

Pinacate Mining District The Pinacate Mining District is 5 to 8 miles southwest of Perris, California. It included the Good Hope Mine, Steele's Mine, Santa Rosa (Rosalia) Mine, Virginia or Shay Mine, Santa Fe Mine and many other smaller works like the Little Maggie Mine. I ...

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. It was established when the

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line was built between Colton and

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in 1882. Due to a land title dispute the town was moved to the north to become

Perris, California Perris is an old railway city in Riverside County, California, United States, located east-southeast of Los Angeles and north of San Diego. It is known for Lake Perris, an artificial lake, skydiving, and its sunny dry climate. Perris is wit ...

, in 1885. The Pinacate station remained and become the location of the

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, formerly named the Orange Empire Railway Museum. The Pinacate Middle School is in the area.

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Holmes, Elmer Wallace. ''History of Riverside County, California'', pp. 143–144
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