San Gabriel Valley Restaurants Entertainment Hotels Info
▪ Altadena
▪ Alhambra ▪ Arcadia ▪ Azusa ▪ Baldwin Park ▪ Bradbury ▪ Citrus ▪ City of Industry
▪ Covina ▪ Duarte
▪ El Monte
▪ Glendale
▪ El Monte
▪ Glendale ▪ Glendora ▪ Hacienda Heights ▪ Irwindale ▪ La Canada Flintridge ▪ La Puente ▪ La Verne
▪ Monrovia ▪ Montebello ▪ Monterey Park
▪ (Old Town) Pasadena
▪ Pasadena ▪ Rosemead ▪ Rowland Heights ▪ San Dimas ▪ San Gabriel ▪ San Marino ▪ Sierra Madre
▪ Temple City ▪ Valinda ▪ Walnut ▪ West Covina ▪ Whittier
A Brief Timeline is:
1771 - Mission San Gabriel Arcangel founded on present-day San Gabriel. 1801 - Pío Pico, last Mexican governor of Alta California, born at Mission San Gabriel Arcangel. 1847 - Battle of Rio San Gabriel—in present-day Montebello—of the Mexican-American War; Mexican militia retreats. (Two days later, after several battle losses and defeats, Mexico cedes Alta California to the United States.) 1886 - Pasadena is the first independent incorporated city in Los Angeles County. 1890 - The first Tournament of Roses Parade is presented in Pasadena. 1920 - The California Institute of Technology or Caltech opens in Pasadena.
1941 - The first freeway in the United States, Arroyo Seco Parkway (now the 110 Pasadena Freeway), opens. 1942 - Japanese Americans interned at Santa Anita Park during World War II. 1940s-1950s - San Gabriel Valley changes from acres of farmland to suburban bedroom communities. 1957 - San Bernardino Freeway (Interstate 10) opens. 1970s-1980s - Taiwanese immigrants begin settling in Monterey Park.
1980s-1990s - Period of White flight from the San Gabriel Valley.
