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The history of santa anna
expedition of gaspar de partola of out mexico city then capital of new espain -
san juan capistrano
mission san juan capistrano was established within this valley this santana valley comprised most of wath is now called Orange Country -
independence mexican
year of the commencement of the war of mexican independence -
mexican american
after the mexican american war endenin 1848 -
population
claimed in 1869 by kentuckin william spurgeon on land obtained from the descendents of jose antonio yorba santa anna was incorporate as city in 1886 with a population of 2000 and in 1889 bacame the seat of the newly formed orange country -
pacific electric
the pacific electric railwail from los angeles was esrenden to santana anna running along fourth street downtown -
increising automobil
increasing the ease of travel by automobil -
before merging
before merging whith the wrigth company in 1916 -
pacific system
the tracks were removed along with much of the rest of the pacific electric system -
santana anna
santana anna has bee characterize by an effort torevitalize the downtown area which had daclined in influence -
north of downtown
was opened north of downtown and became a major retail center for the war