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Mission SanJuan Capistrano was established within this valley.this SantaAna Valley is called too Orange Country.
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expedition of Gaspar de Portolá out of Mexico City.Then capitol of New Spain ,Friar Juanípero Serra named the area Vallejo DE Santa Ana.
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year of commencement of the war of Mexican independence (1810-1821),Jose Antonio Yorba, a sergeant of the spanish army,was granted land that he called Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana.
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the Mexican-American war ended.Alta california became part of the United States.
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claimed by Kentuckian William H.Spurgeon on land obtained from the decendents of Jose Antonio Yorba,
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Santa Ana was incorporated as a city.
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became the seat of the newly formed Orange Country
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the Pacific Electric Railway from Los Angeles was extended to Santa Ana ,running along Fourth Street downtown
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The closing coincided with the opening of the Santa Ana Freeway
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Santa Ana was the home of the original Glenn L.Martin aviation company.
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before merging with the wright company
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having been a Charter City since 1952.
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Santa Ana has been characterized by an efford to revitalize the downtown area wich had declined influence.
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MainPlace Mall (now Westfield MainPlace) was opened north of downtown and became a major retail center for the area.
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the citizens of Santa Ana amended the charter ,to provide for the direct election of the mayor who until the point had been an appointee of the Council.
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the process has coninued with the reopening of the historic Yost Theater.