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Expedition of Gaspar de Portolá out of Mexico city , then capitol of New Spain , Fair Junípero Serra named the area Vallejo de santa Ana
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Mission San Juan Capistrano was established within this valley
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year of the commement of the war of Mexican Independence (1810-1821)
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By Kentuckian William.H.Spurgeon on land obtained from the decendence of Jose Antonio Yoba.
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In 1886 with a population of 200
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Became the seat of the newly formed Orannge County.
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By 1906 the Pacific Electric Railway from Los Angeles was extender to Santa Ana, running along Fourth Stret down. The ¨¨red cars¨¨ travel to Los Angeles earser and helped continue Santa Ana´s population boom.
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Santa Ana was the home of the original Glenn L. Martin aviation company,founded in 1912.
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In 1916. late, Glenn Luther Martin created a second company of the same name in Cleveland, Ohio which eventually maerged with the Lockheed Corporation to form the largest defens contractor in the world, Lockheed Martin.
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The route was abandoned by the 1950 and the traks were removed along with much of the rest of the pacific Electric system.
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The citizens of Santa Ana amended the CHATER.
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of the Santa Ana Freeway in 1953, increasing the ease of teravel by automobile.
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Santa Ana has been characterized by an effort to revitalize the downtown area wich had declined in influence. The Santa Ana Artist´s Village was created around Cal State Fullen´s Grand CentralArt Center to attract artist and young professional to live-work lofts and new businesses.
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In 1987, Main Place Mall (now Westfield Main Place) was opened north of downtown and became a major retail center for the area.
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To provide for the directelection of the Mayor who until poin had been an appointee of the Council.
