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Citrus and the refrigerated car
1893
Riverside, California
Amerique, Americanist · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Riverside was for a while the richest city per capita in America, on oranges. The Citrus Experiment Station founded here in 1907 grew into a University of California campus, and its work on rootstock and pest control kept the whole industry alive.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: documented spot
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