HISTORY
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
townsite. 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. Santa Ana is the
financial and governmental
center of Orange County
and a major city in
the state.
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