Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 8, Lesson 2, Growth in Southern California (pp. 190-193)
I. Southern California's Oranges
B. By 1900 millions of orange trees grew in southern California.
II. Railroads and Growth
B. This competition caused a period of fast growth, encouraging many
people to move to California.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. In 1873 Luther Tibbets brought the first navel orange trees to California.
A. The Sante Fe Railroad and the Soutern Pacific Railroad started
competing for business by lowering prices to travel by train.
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