Monrovia, California

Los Angeles County

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Monrovia is a city in Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of California, United States with 38,200 inhabitants ( 2004). The city is located at the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. She is also a popular filming location.

History

Monrovia is to Los Angeles, Santa Monica and Pasadena is the fourth oldest city in Los Angeles County. The city was established in 1887 in the Register.

500 BC founded Tongva Indians settlements in the San Gabriel Valley. 1769, when California was under Spanish rule, the first Europeans arrived in the San Gabriel Valley. In 1771 where he founded the Franciscan Order, the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, which brought the Tongva Indians farming. After the Mexican Revolution of 1839 the countries of the mission were nationalized.

The expansion of the Santa Fe Railway and the Southern Pacific Railway to Southern California where he opened new investment opportunities.

1903 appeared the first time the Monrovia News. In the same year, the Pacific Electric Railway was opened to Los Angeles.

The Upton Sinclair House is a National Historic Landmark.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Ross Harlan Feltus, artist, designer and photographer
  • Ron Brown, actor
  • Mary Ford, singer and guitarist
  • Upton Sinclair, writer
  • Jacob Smith, movie actor
  • Jason Earles, film actor

Train

The first school in Monrovia was built in 1887.

Today's schools in Monrovia are:

  • Bradoaks Elementary School
  • Calvary Road Baptist Academy
  • Canyon Early Learning Center
  • Canyon Oaks High School
  • Carden of the Foothills
  • Church of Nazadent
  • Clifton Middle School
  • First Lutheran School
  • First Presbyterian Church Preschool
  • Immaculate Conception School
  • Mayflower Elementary School
  • Monroe Elementary School
  • Monrovia Community Adult School
  • Monrovia High School
  • Monrovia Mountain School
  • Mt Sierra College Trade College
  • Plymouth Elementary
  • Santa Fe Middle School
  • Serendipity Early Care and Education Center
  • Wild Rose Elementary
  • Vista Ridge Academy

Media

  • Pasadena Star News
  • Mountain Views Newspaper
  • Monrovia Weekly
  • KGEM TV
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