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Inland Empire

"Post World War II was boom time for Southern California, but the new freeways and suburbs of Los Angeles always seemed to end just short of the foothills that led to the dairy farms, orange groves, and vineyards in the eastern counties. Tired of playing second fiddle, Riverside and San Bernardino decided in the early 1950's to pool their resources and call themselves the Inland Empire. It truly is an empire, larger than Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Delaware combined, and encompassing the mountain ranges to the north and sunny farmlands, orchards, and vineyards along the lush Santa Ana River Valley."