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Real estate began to recover close to the 1900's, after the real estate bust in the late 1880's. Capitalists Kenneth Smoot and Claredon Eyer came to Beaumont and purchased most of the town in the early 1900's and formed the Beaumont Land and Water Company. Smoot became President and attempted to acquire water and lure back land sales to Beaumont. They were determined to succeed, however, the origin of the Beaumont-Cherry Valley Water District dates back to the latter part of the 1800’s when the Southern California Investment Company was the owner of the land that currently is the City of Beaumont and the Community of Cherry Valley. The Company was owned by a gentleman named F.P. Sigler, who intended to build a system of water lines for the purpose of developing subdivisions throughout the Beaumont and Cherry Valley area. In February of 1887, Mr. Sigler recorded his first subdivision which later became the City of Beaumont. In the 1890s following recordation of the subdivision map Mr. Sigler, a Southern California Investment Company, sold all holdings, including its water rights and the water system, to Murray F. Vandall in 1896. Mr. Vandall held the property for only two months, and sold all interest to the German Savings and Loan Society of San Francisco. The German Savings and Loan Society held the property until 1907 when it was sold to Mr. C.B. Eyer and Mr. K.R. Smoot. Mr. Eyer and Mr. Smoot began work through the Beaumont Land and Water Company to bring irrigation water to the subdivisions in the area.The predecessors to the Beaumont Land and Water Company had also developed six wells in Edgar Canyon in two groups of three. The Beaumont Land & Water Co. and the San Gorgonio Land & Water Co. were based out of this building built in 1909. It was demolished in the mid 1950’s to make way for Interstate 10. In March of 1919, the Beaumont Irrigation District was formed by a vote of the people in the community under the Wright Act of 1897. Following a year of investigation and negotiations with Mr. C.B. Eyer and his partner, Mr. K.R. Smoot, the Beaumont Irrigation District purchased the holdings of the Beaumont Land and Water Company and San Gorgonio Land and Water Company. The agreement to purchase was dated December of 1920. The Beaumont Land and Water Company and San Gorgonio Land and Water Company became a public agency known as the Beaumont Irrigation District. The district capital improvements included new water mains and additional wells to increase the service capabilities of the system. Throughout the 1920’s, the District explored the Edgar Canyon and Noble Canyon areas, drilling and exploring for additional groundwater. 35 wells were drilled on canyon lands to increase service reliability.
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