Hadley Fruit Orchards was founded by Paul and Peggy Hadley in 1931 in Banning, California. Their neighbors were the Morongo Band of Mission Indians. According to members of the Morongo tribe, Paul Hadley often provided tribal members with fruit and dates, fostering a rapport with Hadley Fruit Orchards that remains to this day.

One hot day in June of 1919 in Lodi, California an entrepreneur named Roy Allen mixed up a batch of creamy root beer and sold the first frosty mug of this delightful beverage for one nickel. Now, more than seventy years later, A&W Root Beer is the world's number one selling root beer and is still mixed fresh daily and sold at hundreds of A&W restaurants.

 

Morongo's A&W is one of the top-performing A&W in the country.

Ruby's Diner was born in 1980. Doug Cavanaugh had just returned to Southern California. One evening he was brainstorming about business opportunities with his father, and remembered that he had seen a dilapidated building on the end of Balboa Pier while jogging along the beach. "Although the building is in pretty bad shape now, its architecture really lends itself well to that of a 1940's diner. I wonder if I could get the place from the city and turn it into a diner that would bring back the fun and nostalgia of that era?" he said. With his father's encouragement, Cavanaugh started to make the restaurant a reality.

Morongo's Travel Center consists of a 36-pump gas station, car wash, and mini-market. It is open 24 hours and is conveniently located off the I-10 in Cabazon, California.

This is the Lamborghini of bowling centers. Revved up with the latest high tech sound from Bose, dazzling dance club lighting and sleek, state-of-the-art lanes, Canyon Lanes at Morongo is set for a strike. Families, teens, couples on a date, weekend keglers and serious pin crushers have a new place for fun. Canyon Lanes at Morongo features 24 lanes of bowling. Each lane can accommodate 12 bowlers.

Minerals give water its taste. Arrowhead Brand Mountain Spring Water comes from sources that introduce a natural blend of minerals for exceptional taste and freshness, qualities from the spring that you'll notice as soon as you take your first sip.

 

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