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Don Gaspár de Portolá, a Spanish expedition party leader, discovered a picturesque valley and river in Southern California, which he christened Santa Ana, in honor of Saint Anne, on July 26, 1769. José Antonio Yorba, a youthful expedition soldier, and his nephew Juan Peralta, were given a Spanish land grant for the area. They developed the Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana for cattle grazing and productive farmland. In 1869, William H. Spurgeon purchased 70 acres from the Yorba family and plotted a town site. The new town was given the name Santa Ana. In 1886, Santa Ana was incorporated as a city. Orange County was separated from Los Angeles in 1889, and Santa Ana was designated the County Seat.
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- 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 in 1886.
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Santa Ana, a post-village, capital of Orange co, Cal, 34 miles by rail S.E. of Los Angeles. It has 2 churches, a flour-mill, lumber- and...Read MORE... - 1906
Santa Ana, a banking city, capital of Orange co., Cal., 34 miles SE. of Los Angeles on the Southern Pacific and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rs. It...Read MORE... 
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Santa Ana, Orange Co. – AP – A spectacular fire which forced 15 persons to flee for safety destroyed a Mayfair Market here yesterday causing damage...Read MORE...
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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 in 1886.
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1895 - Santa Ana
Santa Ana, a post-village, capital of Orange co, Cal, 34 miles by rail S.E. of Los Angeles. It has 2 churches, a flour-mill, lumber- and... Read MORE...
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Santa Ana, a banking city, capital of Orange co., Cal., 34 miles SE. of Los Angeles on the Southern Pacific and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rs. It... Read MORE...
1964 - Flee Market Fire
Santa Ana, Orange Co. – AP – A spectacular fire which forced 15 persons to flee for safety destroyed a Mayfair Market here yesterday causing damage... Read MORE...
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