Los Angeles Relocation Guide - Antevia

Arcadia, CaliforniaFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaArcadia is a U.S. city in Los Angeles County, California that is located about 20 milesNortheast of downtown Los Angeles It is the site of the Santa Anita Park racetrack andhome to the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden. As of the 2000 census,the city had a total population of 53,054.HistoryArcadia was originally inhabited by the Tongva ("Gabrielino") Indian tribe, who wereforced into slavery by Spanish colonizers at the San Gabriel Mission (in present-day SanGabriel, California). The Gabrielinos were quickly wiped out through a combination ofoverwork and exposure to "Old World" diseases. During Mexican rule of California(1821-1848), a large area of land that included the present-day borders of Arcadia wassold to a Scottish immigrant, Hugo Reid. The land holding changed owners several timesbefore being acquired by "Lucky" Baldwin, a real estate speculator and notoriouswomanizer who made millions off a silver mine in Virginia City, Nevada."Lucky" Baldwin made Arcadia into what it is today, building a racetrack and arboretum.He lobbied fiercely to ensure that there would be a railroad stop at his ranch in Arcadia,which later proved crucial for local development. He also took steps to control floodingfrom the San Gabriel River and installed modern plumbing. When Baldwin was goingthrough a personal financial crisis, he was forced to sell much of his Southern Californialand, retaining only Arcadia and establishing more or less the city's present-dayboundaries.