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{{short description|Historic site in California, United States}}
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| name = California Citrus State Historic Park
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| photo = California Citrus State Park Visitors Center 20090905.jpg
| photo_caption = The California Citrus State Historic Park visitor center
| map = USA California#USA
| location = Riverside, California, United States
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| area_acre = 248
| established = 1993
| visitation_num = 
| visitation_year = 
| governing_body = California Department of Parks and Recreation
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'''California Citrus State Historic Park''' is an [[Social:Open-air museum|open-air museum]] in the state park system of {{wipe|California}}, United States, interpreting the historic [[Social:Cultural landscape|cultural landscape]] of the citrus industry.  The park’s museum exhibits and interpretive features share the story of the citrus industry's role in the history and development of Southern California, and is told through the experiences of the diverse migrant and immigrant groups who made it all possible. The California Citrus State Historic Park is in the city of Riverside in Riverside County, California, United States.<ref name="Website">{{cite web | title = California Citrus SHP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=649 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2010-07-07}}</ref>  The {{convert|248|acre|ha|adj=on}} park was established in 1993.<ref>{{cite journal | title = California State Park System Statistical Report: Fiscal Year 2009/10 | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/795/files/09-10%20statistical%20report%20final%20online.pdf | publisher = California State Parks | page = 22 | access-date = 2011-10-29}}</ref>

This California State Historic Park reveals the cultural, political, and environmental aspects of the time when "Citrus was King" in California, especially the Navel orange from Riverside, and recognizing the importance of the citrus industry in Southern California.

==History==
In 1873,  Riverside resident Eliza Tibbets planted two orange trees from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The success of these trees launched the orange industry in the area.<ref name="Website" />

==Open-air museum and visitor center==
[[File:OrangeGrov.jpg|thumb|right|300px|An orange grove in California]]
The design of the park is reminiscent of a 1900s city park, complete with an activity center, interpretive structure, amphitheater, picnic area, and demonstration groves of citrus tree orchards. The land contained within the park still continues to produce high-quality fruits.<ref name="Website" />

The park's visitor center houses a museum about California's citrus industry, and antique citrus grove farm equipment is on display around the park.<ref name="Website" />

In 2002 Huell Howser Productions, in association with KCET/Los Angeles, featured the park in ''California's Golden Parks''; the 28 minute program is available as a VHS videorecording.<ref>{{OCLC|79370034}}</ref>

==See also==

* Agricultural Museum (periodical)
* Citrus production
* [[Biology:Citrus greening disease|Citrus greening disease]]
* Eliza Tibbets - ''founder of the California citrus industry''
* List of food and beverage museums
* [[Biology:Mother Orange Tree|Mother Orange Tree]]
* Orcutt Ranch Horticulture Center
* The Orange Show
* Washington navel orange tree (Riverside, California)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=649 California Citrus State Historic Park]
* {{GNIS|1844652}}
[[Category:Citrus]]

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