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mission san juan capistrano
on november 1,1776, mission san juan capistrano, was established within this valley. this valley comprised most of wath is now called ORANGE COUNTRY -
MEXICAN INDEPENDENC
IN 1810 ,YEAR OF THE 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 -
ALTA CALIFORNIA
AFTER THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR, ENDED IN 1848,ALTA CALIFORNIA BECAME PART OF THE UNITED STATES AND AMERICAN SETTLERS ARRIVED IN THIS AREA -
KENTUCKIAN WILLIAM H
CLAIMED IN 1869 BY KENTUCKIAN WILLIAM H ,SPURGEON ON LAND OBTAINED FROM THE DESCENDENTS OF JOSE ANTONIO YORBA , SANTA ANA WAS INCORPORATED AS A CITY I 1886 WITH A POPULATION OF 2000 AND IN 1889 BECAME THE SEAT OF THE NEWLY FORMED ORANGE COUNTRY -
PACIFIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY
BY 1906 THE PASIFIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY FROM LOS ANGELES , WAS EXTENDED TO SANTA ANA ,FUNNING ALONG FOUR TH STREET DOWN TOWN -
SANTA ANA FREEWAY
THE CLOSING COINSIDED WITH THE OPENING OF SANTA ANA FREEWAY IN 1953 ,INCREASING THE EASE OF TRAVEL BY AUTOMOBILE -
DOWNTOWN AREA
SINCE THE 1980 ,SANTA ANA HAS BEEN CHARACTERIZEDBY AN EFFORT TO REVITALIZE THE DOWNTOWN AREA WICH HAD DECLINED IN INFLUANCE -
MAINPLACE MALL
IN 1987 , MAINPLACE MALL ,NOW WESTFIELD MAINPLACE, WAS OPENED NORTH OF DOWN TOWN AND BECAME A MAJOR RETALE CENTER FOR THE AREA
