Highland Springs Chapter NSDAR

Call Directions Website Contact the organization

Highland Springs Chapter NSDAR Welcome to the Highland Springs Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

CHAPTER HISTORY

In the early 1800s, the Cherry Valley area was known as

Rancho San Gorgonio, an outpost for the San Gabriel Mission. A large portion of the area was a Spanish Land Grant made to

a man by the name of Paulino Weaver. In 1853, Weaver sold

some of his land to Dr. Isaac William Smith, who was struck

by the land’s natural beauty while looking for stray cattle. Dr.

Smith purchased 1,000 acres for $1,000 from Weaver and

established Smith Ranch and Highland Springs Ranch & Inn. In 1862, Smith's ranch was dubbed "Smith Station" and was

made a stagecoach stop. In 1865, a young Wyatt Earp drove

the route from San Bernardino to La Paz, Arizona on which

Smith Station was a popular stop. From 1864 to 1866, the route

through Highland Springs along the Bradshaw Trail was the

single connecting line for passenger, mail and the express

travel between Southern California and the eastern regions of

the nation. Smith Station slowly developed into a hotel bustling

with traffic. In 1884, the Smith property was purchased by a

Los Angeles company that built a three-story hotel on the

property called Highland Home. The first cherry trees in the

area were planted here, contributing to the name that it is still

known by today, Cherry Valley, California. Highland Springs Chapter, NSDAR organized on October 30, 2022, and chartered by the National Board of Management on November 5, 2022.

10/19/2026
10/08/2026

Every woman on this tour has a story to tell đź‘ 

Margaret Corbin and Sarah Kidd - two women who left their mark on Colonial and Revolutionary-era New York.

When her husband fell defending Fort Washington in 1776, Margaret took his place at the cannon, continuing to fire until she herself was gravely wounded. She became the first woman in American history to receive a military pension for her service.

Sarah Kidd was a savvy New York businesswoman and socialite who stood beside her husband, the infamous Captain Kidd, navigating a world of commerce, scandal, and survival in early colonial New York.

Their stories are woven into the fabric of In Her Shoes. ✨

10/08/2026

On this day October 7 in 1818, Thomas Jefferson gave a painful excuse to John Adams for not writing him back earlier. It all came down to a trip he'd taken to some warm springs that went terribly wrong.

The 75-year-old Jefferson decided to dip into the waters at Warm Springs, Virginia to treat his rheumatism. This was a mistake. “Those powerful waters," he wrote, "produced imposthume (abscesses full of pus) general eruption, fever, colliquative sweats, and extreme debility, which aggravated by the torment of a return home over 100 miles of rocks and mountains reduced me to extremity.”

These boils on Jefferson's rear, possibly infected with staph, were his excuse for taking so long to write Adams back. I like to compare Jefferson's vividly detailed excuse to Adams's own non-excuse for being a slow correspondent that same year, when Adams simply wrote: "Your kind letter of July 4th ought to have been answered sooner. My apology would be long and tedious—" And that's it. Adams moved on to other matters, sailing right past the need for excuses—no muss, no fuss, and no pus.

10/08/2026

After having encountered for seven weeks various perils and chances, he arrived at Georgetown, in Carolina. Ascending the river in a canoe, his foot touched at length the American soil, and he swore that he would conquer or perish in that cause. Landing at midnight at Major Huger's house, he found a vessel sailing for France, which appeared only waiting for his letters. Several of the officers landed, others remained on board, and all hastened to proceed to Charlestown.

Memoirs of Lafayette

Source:
https://archive.org/details/memoirscorrespon00lafarich/page/170/mode/2up

Address

300 S Highland Springs Avenue , Suite 6C #203
Banning, CA
92220

Telephone

+19099131955

Website

, ,

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Highland Springs Chapter NSDAR posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Organization

Send a message to Highland Springs Chapter NSDAR:

Shortcuts

Share

Category