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Walking Waterhoods: Temescal Creek — Claremont

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Tour Overview

Enjoy the flora and fauna on this brief walk through Claremont

Claremont was named by real estate developer Duncan Taggert (also spelled Taggart) in 1879. Along this section of the Temescal Creek, you will learn about early developers, the racially-motivated birth of single-family housing ordinances. Enjoy the great variety of flora and fauna found in this neighborhood, where you can walk along the flowing creek as it meanders through peoples front yards along the street.

Stops

  1. Stop 1: Striped Skunk

  2. Stop 2: California Slender Salamander

  3. Stop 3: Stone Folly

  4. Stop 4: California Scrub Jay

  5. Stop 5: Exposed Temescal Branch

  6. Stop 6: Creation of Claremont

  7. Stop 8: Anise Swallowtail Butterfly

  8. Stop 9: Belladonna Lily

  9. Stop 10: Cow Parsnip

  10. Stop 11: Brookside Creek View

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