Images of America: Moreno Valley, Arcadia Publishing, 2007. ^ University of California Natural Reserve System: Box Springs Reserve Archived at the Wayback Machine.^ a b "Box Spring Mountain, California".University of California Natural Reserve System.However, they are a natural part of fire ecology in the chaparral and woodland natural habitats. The mountain is susceptible to wildfires which char the hillsides and pose a danger to residences at the base of the mountain. There are several large eucalyptus trees that were planted at its base that originally marked sources of water. Natural history īox Springs Mountain provides wildlife habitat in the fast-growing Inland Empire Metropolitan Area, with populations of snakes, lizards, coyotes, bobcats, mountain lions,deer and burros, some of which wander into the populace below. During the first week of December 2009 Moreno Valley and Southern California Edison lit up the "M" to celebrate the 25th anniversary of cityhood. The mountain with "M" were included on the new city logo. The City of Moreno Valley was officially incorporated as a municipality on Decemcomprising Sunnymead, Edgemont and the little town of Moreno. The letter "M" was embedded on the Moreno Valley side of the mountain in 1966 as a symbol of Moreno Valley High School which was then in the town of Sunnymead.
The "C" is often vandalized with graffiti. The "C" is approximately 1,500 feet above the UCR campus, and was the world's largest poured-concrete block letter, 132 feet high by 70 feet wide.
The "Big C" was built in 1957, mostly by UC Riverside students.
The letter "C" is embedded on the Riverside-facing side. A teamster surrounded it with a box to maintain water access, later giving the spring, Box Springs, and the range their names. Teamsters with horse-drawn wagons would stop at a natural spring in an arroyo of the range to water their horses. Box Springs Mountain is said to have gotten its name during the 1880s.
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