Soquel Canyon History Presentation at Chino Hills State Park Discovery Center

A week from today, Friday, 25 September @ 6 p.m. (a 5:30 meet/greet and light snacks, as well) for some history of Soquel Canyon at the Chino Hills State Park Discovery Center at 4200 Carbon Canyon Road in Brea.

The discussion goes back to the 1850s when a wanted murderer was captured in the canyon and includes the oil boom town of Petrolia from the 1880s, the Chino Ranch Ride from the 1930s onward and the Aerojet munitions testing facility during the Cold War, and more.

Hope to see you there!

Soquel Canyon History Presentation Next Monday for Chino Hills Historical Society

Next Monday, 9 February at 7:00 p.m. at the Chino Hills Community Center at 14250 Peyton Drive, the Chino Hills Historical Society holds the first of three meetings for 2026, with the topic for the presentation being some history of Soquel Canyon, which lies adjacent on the south of Carbon Canyon.

Redlands Citrograph, 26 May 1900.

The presentation will cover some 150 years including an early reference to an outlaw's hiding place, the 1880s oil boomtown of Petrolia, the canyon's use as part of long-standing Chino Ranch Ride, and decades as a location of weapons testing by Aerojet Corporation starting during the Cold War years. 

We hope to see you there!