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junipero serra
Junipero Serra named the area Vallejo de Santa Anna -
Mission San Juan Capistrano
Mission San Juan Capistrano was establish within tis valley -
Mexican independence
Jose Antonio Yorba ,a seargent of spanish army, was granted land that he called Rancho Saniago de Santa Anna -
Kentuckian
Claimed in 1869 by Kentuckian William. Spurgeon on land obtained from the descendents of Jose Antonio Yorba, Santa Anna was incorporated as a city in 1886 with a population of 2000 and in 1889 became the seat of the newly formed orange county -
Pacific Electric Railway
by the 1906 the Pacific Electric Railway from los angeles was extended to Santa Anna, running along Fourth Street Downtown. The red cars made travel to los angeles easier . -
Glenn l. martin aviation company
Santa Anna was the home of the original Glenn Martin aviation company founded in 1912 before merging with the wright company in 1916 -
Santa Anna characterists
since 1980s, Santa Anna has beencharacterized by an effort to revitalize the downtown area wich had declined in influence -
world war 2
during World War 2, the Santa Anna Army Air Base was built as a training center for the United States Army Air Forces. the base was responsible for continued population growth in Santa Anna and the rest of Orange County as many veterans moved to the area to raise families after the end of the war .
