Los Angeles
The Founding of the City of Angels
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Everyone knows of Los Angeles’ legendary film industry, but few know the history that came before it. Native American tribes lived in the area for thousands of years before the city’s official founding. In 1791, the governor of Las Californias sent a diverse group of 44 “pobladores” - settlers - to establish a community in what is now downtown Los Angeles. The land passed into the hands of Mexico, then the US, who saw it through the influx of migrants during the California gold rush. The area’s good weather and great potential enticed filmmakers to establish Hollywood in 1903, and the rest of LA’s glitzy legacy is the history you already know.
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