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Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisals In
Ventura County, City of Moorpark
| The valley where
Moorpark is located was originally inhabited by the Chumash. The area was
founded in 1887 by Robert W. Poindexter, who named it after a cultivar of apricot
which grew in the area. The town grew after the 1904 completion of a 7369-foot
tunnel through the Santa Susana Mountains, which allowed the Southern Pacific
Railroad to establish a depot there, a depot which lasted until 1964. It was
incorporated as a city on July 1, 1983. Moorpark High School has won the
Academic Decathlon twice in the past 6 years. In March 2005, the fairly
complete remains (about 75%) of an unusually old mammoth, possibly the rare
Southern mammoth, were discovered in the foothills of Moorpark at the site of a
housing development. A few events are held in the Moorpark area during the
year, most notably Moorpark "Country Days", a single day in late
September or early October, American Civil War battle reenactments in early-November,
an "Apricot Festival", usually in the Spring or Summer, and an annual
fireworks celebration on July 3 every year. The July 3 fireworks are popular
around the rest of Ventura County, as people can go to the Moorpark fireworks
on the 3, and see their own local city's fireworks on July 4th. The rock band
Jefferson Starship played at a former Moorpark 3rd of July fireworks
celebration. |
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