Our Community: Montebello
by Ms. Rosie Beccera Davies' 3rd grade class
Washington Elementary School
Montebello, California
| YEAR | POPULATION | LAND USAGE | BUSINESS | TRANSPORTATION | |
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600 A.D. - Gabrielino Indians lived in the Montebello area. (from a book called The Gabrielino by Bruce Miller) |
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| 600's - The Gabrielinos used canoes made of tule for transportation. They also walked a lot. | |||||
| 1700 | 1700 - The Spanish came to California and began to take the land. | 1770 - The first San Gabriel mission was built in Montebello but then it moved to San Gabriel. | |||
1771 - The Spanish gave land to a priest called Junípero Serra - Made the Mission San Gabriel.
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| 1860 | 1860 - The Church people gave some land to a Spanish family called Lugo's. | ||||
| 1870 | 1870 - Lugo's lost the land in a bet and gave it to Alesandro Reppetto. | ||||
1871 - 50,000 acres of land was for sheep and cattle raising. |
1871 - The family sold wool from the sheeps, milk and beef. | ||||
| 1877 - There were ranchos for pasturing the sheep. The ranchos were called Rancho de la Merced, Rancho San Antonio, and Bartolo. | |||||
| 1880 | |||||
| 1885 - The land was sold to a group in Los Angeles called Newmark. Newmark was the first name of Montebello. | |||||
| 1890 | |||||
| 1899 - We were named Montebello which means beautiful hills. | |||||
| 1900 | 1902 - Our school Washington Elementary was built on Maple Ave. | ||||
| 1910 | |||||
| 1914 - There were 15,000 people. Many were Japanese and Mexicans. | 1917 - Oil came out of the ground. This meant lots of money. You can still see the oil makers today. |
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| 1920 | 1920's - Union Pacific and Santa Fe Railway in Montebello. | ||||
| 1928 - 41 students total at our school Washington. Mr. Macy (our principal) says that now there are 1024 students. | 1921 - The hills had lots of flowers an advertisement said "Come to Montebello - where the flowers grow". (Partners Newsletter volume 24 fall 1995) | 1924 - Banks, a newspaper, Auto mobil agencies were in Montebello. |
1928 - The buses in Montebello were different than the ones today. They had not a lot of room for people. In 1928 the Montebello buses were called safety coaches. |
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| 1930 | 1930 - The total of population was 5,498. 2,708 men, females were 2,790. (Population California Census 1930) | 1930 - Over 30 nurseries were in Montebello. They sold lots of flowers. | |||
| 1940 | 1940 - Total population was 8,016. | 1940's - Locomotive on Olimpic and Newmark (now called Montebello Blvd.) | |||
| 1948 - The total population in Montebello was 18,396. 18,197 of the race White and 199 Non-White. (Bureau of the Census September 1, 1948 Washington D.C.) | |||||
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| 1955 - 28,500 people lived in Montebello. (From City Hall Records) | 1957 - We had a newspaper called "The News" and "The Messanger". | ||||
| 1960 | 1960's - The community was making a new freeway called the 60 Pomona Freeway. | ||||
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| 1997 - 38,900 Total Population. (Tomas Brothers Guide 1997) | |||||
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