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In 1941, 3-year-old takes bus from Riverside to Redlands

In October 1941, with nothing but a toy pistol and three pennies in his pocket, a 3-year-old Riverside boy found his way onto a Pacific Electric bus at the bus station in downtown Riverside. No one, including the bus driver, E.L. Irby…

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Riverside man survived a wall of water in 1928 dam disaster

We all face death in our lives. And if we are lucky, we manage to safely travel freeways, avoid some nasty disease or stay away from armed robbers. And there are a few, such as Riverside resident Chester M. Wells, who…

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