Mr.

Rouchs Class
DAVID A. BROWN
The Man Behind the Middle School

David A. Brown Middle School is named after David Arthur Brown and stands on his old ranch land.
Mr. Brown came from a pioneer
familyfour generations having
lived in Wildomar. The words
Mr. Wildomar are engraved on
his grave marker because of his
longstanding roots and service
to the community.
Mr. Brown was born on
September 15, 1918. He was
the longest continuous resident
of Wildomar until his death on August 18, 1993.
He graduated from Wildomar Grammar School on June 2, 1933 and from
Elsinore Union High School on June 3 1937. He attended Fullerton Junior College. He enlisted in the
United States Army Air Corps on August 25, 1941. He received an honorable discharge on July 5,
1945, so that he could help his father on the ranch. He farmed extensively on leased land and his
own ranch until his semi-retirement in 1976.
1 Getting to Know David Arthur Brown
David A. Brown Middle
School in Wildomar, CA
Pictured from left to right:
Columbus Brown (Davids
great-grandfather), Rudolph
Brown (Davids father), and Dr.
Oscar Brown (Davids
grandfather). The baby
pictured is Davids brother,
Wilfred Oscar Brown
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Mr. Brown was very active in community a"airs. He
was president of the Murrieta Farm Bureau, an elected
leader of the 4-H Club for six years, and a Board
Member of the Elsinore-Murrieta-Anza Resource
Conservation District.
He was also the Zone 7 Commissioner of Riverside
County Flood Control and Water Conservation District.
He helped initiate a multi-million dollar ood control
project for the Wildomar Valley. He also kept the rainfall
records of the Wildomar area for the Army Corps of
Engineers.
He was a Charter Board Member of the Wildomar
Interest League and he was appointed by Supervisor
Walt Abraham to a Charter Member of the Wildomar
Municipal Advisory Council. He was a Charter Member
of the Wildomar Chamber of Commerce.
His hobbies were radio electronics and collecting Native American artifacts.
He was licensed for 50 continuous years as the amateur radio station
W6NBM, which he used to help broadcast emergency preparedness
messages for Riverside County and the California Department of Forestry. He also taught adult night
school classes in radio electronics at the local high school and helped many people study for the
FCC test and obtain their radio amateur license.
The Brown family farmhouse and water tower were built in the late 1880s and still stand today,
albeit in weathered condition. The Wildomar Historical Society was able to save the building from
being destroyed, relocating it in the early morning of September 12, 2007 to its new home o" Baxter
Road near the I-15 freeway.
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David Arthur Brown
He was truly
Mr. Wildomar.
The Brown family farmhouse was
originally located at 260 Grand
Avenue, a block from David A. Brown
Middle School. It now sits on the
corner of where Baxter Rd. turns into
Central St., on the west side of the I-15
freeway.
Mr. Rouchs Class
David Arthur Brown loved the Wildomar Valley and never wanted to live elsewhere. He was truly Mr.
Wildomar.
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David A. Browns grave marker in Wildomar Cemetery