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Gaspar de Portolá out of Mexico city , them capitol of new Spain.
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This Santa Ana Vally comprised most of what is now called Orange Country .
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THE day of Idepenence of the Mexico for the Spain .
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Alta California became part of the United State and American setters arrived in this area.
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Wiliam h. Spurgeon on land obtained from the decendents of Jose Antonio Yorba , Santa Anna was incorpodate as a city in 1886 with population of 2000.
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Became the seat of the newly formed Orange County . The name is for the citrus fruit (once its most famous product).
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Was extended to Santa Anna, running along Fourth Street downtown.
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Santa Anna was the original Glenn L. Martin aviation company , fouded in 1912 beform merging whith the Wright Company in 1916 .
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Due to declining ridership , the route was abandoned by the 1950 and the tracks were removed along with much of the rest of the pacific electric system.
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The citizens of Santa Anna amended the CHACTER November 1988.
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Increasing the ease of travel by automobile
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Santa Anna has been charaterized by an effort to revitalize the downtown area.
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Was opened north of dowtown and became a major retail center for the area.
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The pocess has continued into 2009 with the reopening of the historic Yost theater.
