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t named like that because Gaspar de Partola made his expedition out of Mexico city, then capitolof new Spain, Friar JuniperoSerra named the area Vallejoo the Santa Ana.
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Mission San Juan Capistrano was establishedwithin this valley.
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Jose Antonio Yorba, a sergeant of the spanish army, was granted land that he called Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana
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Alta California became part of United States and Americansettlers arrived in this area.
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Claimed by Kentuckian William H. Spurgeon on land obtained from the descendents of Jose Antonio Yorba.
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Was incorporated as a city with a population of 2000
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It became the seat of thenewly formed Orange County.
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Pacific Electric Railway from Los Angeles was extended to Santa Ana's population boom.
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Glenn L. Martin aviation company founded before merging with the Wright Company.
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The citizens of Santa Ana amended the charter Nobember 1988 to provide for the direct election of the mayor who until that point had been an appointee of the Council
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The closing coincidedwith the opening of the Santa Ana's Freeway increasing the easy of travel by automobile.
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Santa Ana has been characterized by an effort to revitalize the downtown area which had declined in influence.
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Was opened north of downtown and became a major retail center for the area.
