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The following information was taken from the website of the city of Santa Ana. For additional information, visit their website at http://www.ci.santa-ana.ca.us.

Don Gaspár de Portolá, a Spanish expedition party leader, discovered a picturesque valley and river in Southern California which he christened Santa Ana, in honor of Saint Anne, on July 26, 1769. José Antonio Yorba, a youthful expedition soldier, and his nephew Juan Peralta, were given a Spanish land grant for the area. They developed the Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana for cattle grazing and productive farmland. In 1869, William H. Spurgeon purchased 70 acres from the Yorba family and plotted a town site. The new town was given the name Santa Ana. In 1886, Santa Ana was incorporated as a city. Orange County was separated from Los Angeles in 1889, and Santa Ana was designated the County Seat. Santa Ana is the financial and governmental center of Orange County and a major city in the state.

Things to See and Do

Bowers Museum of Cultural Arts, Discovery Museum of O.C., Discovery Science Center, Santa Ana Zoo, Historic Downtown Santa Ana, Santa Ana Artists’ Village, Howe-Waffle House, Kidseum, Old Courthouse Museum, Santa Ana Public Library, Fairhaven Memorial Park.

The above things to see and do is provided by the website of the city of Santa Ana. http://www.ci.santa-ana.ca.us.

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