For many years White Water (Whitewater) CA was mostly just known for a few things.....the Whitewater Trout Farm, Whitewater Rock, and the boys school off the Verbania Exit. Progress is a strange thing; the Whitewater Trout Farm is gone, the Boy's school is gone, that old gas station has been deserted for years, and the street name Verbania has been changed. So much for local landmarks :)
People ask about about the gas station right off the Haugen-Lehmann Exit of the I-10 freeway.
The location of this old gas station is perfect, and many people want to make a mini mart there. We sure could use a Mini Mart for Bread, Milk, and some of the quick things residents need without driving 10-15 minutes to the nearest store in Cabazon.
From my understanding this gas station is in litigation. I have not verified this information, nor shall I, but you know how stories are with the old timers. I've been told for years that it wasn't for sale, and everyone I know that has wanted to buy it has come up blank. One of my clients even told me that he suspected there might be leakage from the old tanks. But again, I have not, nor will verify this. It would be something to check though if anyone actually were to try to purchase that property.
Now, not only do you have the deserted gas station on one side of the street as you are coming into the community, but now the Boy's School on the other side of the road has closed down. After years of this old Hotel being used as a Residential Treatment Center for boys, it closed down this past June.
This old Hotel has a lot of history (I'll tell it to you later), and we used the Dining Hall for our Neighborhood Watch Meetings. Jeff, the Director of the Boys Home was a good neighbor, and he'll be missed. We are also left with no community meeting place unless we want to go to the Cabazon Community Center down the road.
~Progress has it's benefits, but many times it leaves a void~
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