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Chula Vista

Chula Vista

Paperback

Series: Images of America

Travel GeneralGeneral PhotographyRegional: West

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ISBN10: 0738556165
ISBN13: 9780738556161
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: Apr 21 2008
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.71
Height: 0.35 Width: 6.55 Depth: 9.15
Language: English
In 1868, Frank Kimball and his brothers purchased a 26,000-acre Mexican land grant rancho in the San Diego area. The area comprised the present-day communities of National City, Bonita, and the western half of Chula Vista. Kimball developed National City first and secured a branch of the Santa Fe Railway. The railroad company financed the building of nearby Sweetwater Dam, thus allowing the development of Chula Vista in 1888 as a planned agricultural community. Chula Vista remained as planned until World War II when the arrival of Rohr Aircraft Corporation caused a population boom that would continue even after the war, creating the desirable bedroom community that Chula Vista is today.

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