Los Angeles - History
About Los AngelesThe beginnings of European settlement on the territory of the Los Angeles date back to 1771 when there was a small Catholic mission San Gabriel. Ten years later, Felipe de Neve founded the agri-trade settlement called El Pueblo de Nuestra Se nora de la Reina de los Angeles Procincula (Village of Our Lady Queen of Angels), which was shortened for practical reasons. This sleepy Spanish town over into the hands of the U.S. in 1848, after the war between the U.S. and Mexico. The beginning of the flowering of a city at the end of the nineteenth century has decided to bring the rail transport of U.S. (1876-85 year) and near the discovery of petroleum (1895 years). Also developed the cultivation of citrus trees. New jobs attracted immigrants from the East, not only the continent but also from Europe and Asia. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the population of Los Angeles had 100 thousand inhabitants, in the period 20. Already located in county towns in the south Orange County cities.