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Kucamongan Native Americans Establish Village around Red Hill
The Kucamongan people were part of the Gabrielino/Tongva culture, and anthropologists believe that, at their peak, the Gabrielinos existed as one of the largest concentrations of indigenous peoples on the North American continent. -
Oregon Trail
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Mexico wins Independence
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Tubercio Tapia begins successful winery: Thomas Winery
A dedicated soldier, smuggler and politician, Tubercio Tapia was granted 13,000 acres of land around the area called Cucamonga by Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado on March 3, 1839. Using indigenous labor, Tapia constructed a well-fortified adobe home on Red Hill and raised great herds of cattle. Unlike many who had gone before him, Tapia began a successful winery, portions of which stand today known to us as the Thomas Winery. -
American forces enter California
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US - Mexican War Begins
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
With the cession of California to the United States following the Mexican-American War, the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored -
California Gold Rush beings
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California becomes a State of the USA
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Rains House
This mid-nineteenth-century mixture of cultures and lives is well represented in the estate developed by Alabama-born John Rains and his wife Maria Merced Williams de Rains. The Rains purchased the Rancho de Cucamonga from Tapia's daughter and her husband in 1858. Before his murder in 1862, Rains greatly expanded the vineyards Tapia had planted and imported brick masons from Ohio, via Los Angeles, to construct the family home, now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. -
Rains increases Tapia's Vineyard to 150 acres
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Abraham Lincoln elected President of US
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Confederate States of America established
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American Civil War begins
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John Rains Murdered
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President Abraham Lincoln signed post office into existence
located at the base of Red Hill -
First Transcontinental Railroad completed
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George Chaffey purchases 8,000 acres of Rancho Cucamonga land
He established an irrigation colony named Ontario, after his homeland of Ontario, Canada -
Water and access provided to Cucamonga Colony
Irrigation tunnels were dug into Cucamonga Canyon and the Santa Fe Railroad extended through the area. -
Alta Loma becomes a citrus growing town
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The Great Depression Starts
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President Roosevelt's New Deal
President Roosevelt establishes the New Deal, a response to the Great Depression, and focusing on what historians call the "3 Rs": relief, recovery and reform -
Interstate Highway Act
President Eisenhower secures passages of Interstate Highway Act, which will construct 41,000 miles (66,000 km) of the Interstate Highway System over a 20-year period -
Alta Loma, Etiwanda, and Cucamonga experience growth
During the 1970s, Alta Loma, Etiwanda, and Cucamonga experienced massive and uncontrolled growth due to Los Angeles and Orange County families seeking affordable housing. -
Incorporation of Rancho Cucamonga
In 1975, the Tri-Community Incorporation Committee was created to propose the formation of a new city because citizens were concerned about the future and understood that the vision they had would allow the area to manage development and to create its own destiny.
