Homhoangna (alternatively Homoa or Homhoa, Hispanicized to Jumuba[1]) was a Tongva village located at what is now the area in-between the Santa Ana River, Colton Avenue, and the Southern Pacific Railroad.[2] The village is associated with the area of Colton, California.[3]

The village's name is reflected in the alternative place name designation for Reche Canyon, which is also known as Homhoa Canyon, Homoa Canyon, and Homuba Canyon.[4] The Tongva language word for "hilly place" was reportedly homhoabit.[4]

The village was located at the base of the foothills which surrounded it.[4]

During a visit in September 1821, Spanish missionary José Bernardo Sánchez recorded the village was made up of homes where the river formed a beautiful cove and there were three springs of water.[5] Referred to by the Spanish as the Jumuba Ranchería, the village's location would later become the site of Fort Benson.[1]

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References

  1. ^ Haenszel, Arda M. (1984). "Jumuba". sanbernardino.gov. City of San Bernardino. Retrieved 2026-05-23.
  2. ^ "CULTURAL AND PALEONTOLOGICAL RESOURCES TECHNICAL REPORT FOR THE VALLEY CORRIDOR SPECIFIC PLAN, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA". Cogstone. August 2015.
  3. ^ "Villages | TONGVA PEOPLE". Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  4. ^ Gunther, Jane Davies (1984). Riverside County, California, Place Names: Their Origins and Their Stories. J.D. Gunther. pp. 240–41.
  5. ^ Beattie, George William (1923). "San Bernardino Valley in the Spanish Period". Annual Publication of the Historical Society of Southern California. 12 (3): 13–16. Historical Society of Southern California. doi:10.2307/41169717