Banning, California

Along the Old Roads: A History of the Portion of Southern California that became Riverside County: 1772–1893.

In 1824, the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel established the Rancho San Gorgonio in the pass.

Isaac Smith in 1853.

The Bradshaw Trail, which passed through the area in 1862, was a wagon road to the gold boomtowns of the Arizona Territory.

In 1863, a smallpox epidemic further diminished the Cahuilla.

The railroad followed, passing through the town in 1876.

The Indian reservations for the Cahuilla were established in 1877.

Moore sold his holdings and relocated to central Arizona in 1883.

Boniface Indian Industrial School was opened in 1890, providing vocational education to Cahuilla, Serrano, Luiseño, Kumeyaay, and other American Indians.

The town of Banning was incorporated on February 6, 1913.

=== Library === The Banning Library District operates the Banning Public Library, which was established in 1916 as the Banning Unified School District Library District and becam...

Route 99 was built in 1923, followed by U.S.

=== Cemetery === The Summit Cemetery District operates the San Gorgonio Memorial Park, which was originally established in 1931 as the Banning-Cabazon Cemetery District.

Route 60/70 in 1936, and subsequently Interstate 10.

In 1942 the citizens of Banning raised funds for the purchase of an M3 Stuart tank to support the war effort.

The facilities were dismantled in 1948.

== In popular culture == The protagonist in the 1950 film noir D.O.A.

Willie Boy: A Desert Manhunt, was a 1960 novel written by Harry Lawton, and subsequently made into the film Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here, starring Robert Redford and Robert Blake.

Over its history, about 8,000 students attended the school which was demolished in 1974.

Dorothy Ramon's book Always Believe (published 2000) depicts a Maringayam's views on Banning and reservation life.

== Notable residents == Johnny Longden Sally Sweetland Earl Palmer John Doucette == References == == Further reading == Lech, Steve (2004).

=== Health care === San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital is a General Acute Care Hospital in Banning with Basic Emergency Services as of 2005.

Richard Royce was appointed as Mayor and Cindy Barrington as Mayor Pro Tem as of January 2026.