The beginnings of Los Angeles

In the Los Angeles area lived the Chumash American-Indian when the Spanish governor Filipe de Neve

 

founded "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porcincula"

and then became part of the United States.

In 1876 the arrival of the Southern Pacific Railroad contributed to L.A.'s growth.

In 1892 the discovery of oil started the booming oil industry that today is steel active.

In this time the agricultural economy developed.