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ANAHEIM , a See also:city of See also:Orange See also:county, See also:California, U.S.A., about 24 M. S.E. of Los Angeles, about 12 M. from the Pacific Ocean, and about 3 m. from the See also:Santa See also:Ana See also:river. (1900) 1456; (191o) 2628. It is served by the See also:Atchison, See also:Topeka & Santa Fe; and the See also:Southern Pacific See also:railways. It lies in a See also:fine See also:fruit region, in which oranges, lemons, apricots, grapes and walnuts are raised. The See also:plain on which it is laid out, now fertile and well-watered, was originally an arid See also:waste. See also:Water for See also:irrigation is obtained from the Santa Ana river, about 15 M. above the nearest point along the river to the city. The city itself has an See also:area of only 12 sq. m., and in 1908 the See also:population of the See also:district, including that of the city, was estimated at 5000. The See also:principal manufactures are dried and canned fruits, See also:wine, See also:beer, and agricultural implements. Anaheim is of particular See also:interest as the earliest of various settlements in southern California in which co-operation has made possible the See also:establishment of intensive fruit culture in semi-See also:desert regions. In 1857 fifty Germans (mostly See also:mechanics) organized in See also:San Francisco the Los Angeles Vineyard Association and bought 1165 acres of See also:land here which could be irrigated from the Santa Ana river; each member took See also:possession of a 20 See also:acre See also:share only when See also:gradual improvement had made everything ready for occupancy and the tracts had been distributed by See also:lot, with bonuses or rebates to equalize them in value to the drawers. This ended the co-operative feature of the enterprise, which was never communistic except that its irrigating See also:canal remained See also:common See also:property. The See also:settlement was uninterruptedly successful, and was influential as a See also:pioneer experiment. Anaheim was incorporated as a See also:town in 1870; this See also:incorporation, was revoked in 1872; in 1878 the town was incorporated again; and in 1888 Anaheim received a city See also:charter. Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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