Soon after the founding of the Mother Colony at Anaheim in 1857, Anaheim Landing was established as a port of entry for the Santa Ana Valley by the Anaheim Landing Co. Despite the treacherous entrance conditions which caused several disasters, . . . — — Map (db m50304) HM
The Pacific Electric Southern District was completed in 1902. In 1903 Philip A. Stanton organized the Bay City Land Co. which developed the townsite of Bay City. "Red Car" service began in 1904 transporting tourists and early residents. The town was . . . — — Map (db m49989) HM
The old Seal Beach City Hall constructed in 1929 was the first and largest public building in Seal Beach. It contained the city council chambers, fire station, police station and library. The building was funded at a bound election on January 29, . . . — — Map (db m189665) HM
The World Famous Water Tower was originally built in the late 1800's
to service steam engines that traversed the California Coast. Its
replacement was constructed in the 1940's.
In the 1980's the structure was in danger of being removed . . . — — Map (db m173321) HM
Original Site of Bay City Grammar School built in 1903, renamed Seal Beach Grammar School in 1915. Destroyed by the 1933 Long Beach Earthquake and reconstructed in 1934, the school was renamed Mary E. Zoeter Elementary School in 1956 in honor of . . . — — Map (db m189667) HM
The San Gabriel River flows 43 miles (69 km) through Los Angeles and Orange Counties, California in the United States. Measured to its highest headwaters in the Angeles National Forest, along, the Prairie Fork in the San Gabriel Mountains, the river . . . — — Map (db m214795) HM