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Mission San Juan Capistrano was established within this valley.This Santa Anna Valley comprised most of what is now called Orange County.
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YEAR OF THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE WAR OF MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE 1810-1821
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ALTA CALIFORNIA BECAME PART OF THE UNITED STATES
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CLAIMED IN 1869 BY KENTUCKIAN WILLIAM H. SPURGEON ON LAND OBTAINED FROM THE DESCENDENTS OF JOSE ANTONIO YORBA
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THE PACIFIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY FROM LOS ANGELES WAS EXTENDED TO SANTA ANNA, RUNNING ALONG FOURTH STREET DOWNLOWN, THE RED CARS
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SANTA WAS THE HOME OF THE ORIGINAL GLENN, L MARTIN AVIATION COMPANY, FOUNDED IN 1912
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THE CURRENT MAYOR OF SANTA ANNA IS MIGUEL A. PULIDO, THE FIRST MAYOR OF LATIN DESCENTIN THE CITY´S HISTORY
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SANTA ANNA HAS BEEN CHARACTETIZED BY AN EFFORT TO REVITALIZETHE DOWNTOWN AREA WHICH HAD DECLINED IN INFLUENCE.
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MAINPLACE MALL (NOW WESTFIELD MAIN) WAS OPENED NORTH OF DOWNTOWN AND BECAME AND MAJOR RETAIL CENTER FOR THE AREA.