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CALIFORNIA MISSIONS
Built from 1769-1833 -
GOLD RUSH
Brought interest to CA -
SANTA FE RR
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Lordsburg Hotel Vacant
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New Community founded
Lord divided land and auctioned it off -
C of B opened Lordsburg College
Town grew around college, 8 faculty and 135 students -
The Southern Californian Lordsburg coll. Advertisement
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Lordsburg College closed
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Lordsburg reopens
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Pomona
4th largest city in LA County -
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RR: CALIFORNIA INVITATION POSTCARD
"California wants people like you... Now's your chance!"
Special low rates -
Wanting Name Change
"Lordsburg" was not attracting young folks who contributed to community. The last lord was still living and was offended at this -
WW1
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Name Change:"La Verne"
After the last Lord of Lordsburg died in March of 1917, the city changed their name to La Verne in Aug to commemorate the "orange district" -
LACF Opens
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San Dimas Dam built
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De Facto Segregation
segregation between Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Mexican, and Filipino orange field workers -
GREAT DEPRESSION STARTS
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LACF Attendence declines
Low attendance due to economic depression -
PRESIDENT FDR NEW DEALS
Between 1933-1938 FDR founded programs that created jobs -
DUST BOWL
Migration of people -
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION FOUNDED
Set standards for construction, loans, and private lenders. Goal was to improve housing standards and conditions and provide financing options -
INDIAN REORGANIZAITON ACT
Goal was to reverse assimilation that had occurred in the past. Motions were to be voted on by tribes and kept or ignored -
LABOR UNIONS GAIN MOMENTUM
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WW2
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GREAT DEPRESSION ENDS
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Citrus Disease
Killed many trees, took much of business -
ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
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KOREMATSU V. US
Upheld internment of Japanese-Americans -
BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUC
Black and white "separate but equal" segregation is ruled unconstitutional -
Citrus Groves to Houses
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LOVING V. VIRGINIA
Abolished state laws prohibiting interracial marriage