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Moneta, California
Moneta, California was one of the paper towns established in Southern California in the United States during the 1880s Southern California real estate boom, 1887 land boom. Predominantly a Japanese-American farming community prior to World War II, Moneta and Strawberry Park became part of Gardena, California, Gardena when it was incorporated in 1930. Moneta is now considered a neighborhood of Gardena. History The land that came to be known as Moneta was part of Rancho San Pedro during the pre-American era. The community was platted out in around 1888, but little was actually established at the site at that time. The name was apparently because "developers recognized the pleasing quality of the Spanish language. They named their subdivision either a truly Moorish Alhambra, California, Alhambra, a Spanish-sounding Moneta, or simply gave it a Spanish ending as in Walteria, Torrance, Walteria." A Moneta post office was established in 1890; the person who filled out the post office ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Map Of Los Angeles County - October 1893
A map is a symbolic depiction emphasizing relationships between elements of some space, such as Physical body, objects, regions, or themes. Many maps are static, fixed to paper or some other durable medium, while others are dynamic or interactive. Although most commonly used to depict geography, maps may represent any space, real or fictional, without regard to Context (language use), context or Scale (map), scale, such as in brain mapping, DNA mapping, or computer network topology mapping. The space being mapped may be two dimensional, such as the surface of the earth, three dimensional, such as the interior of the earth, or even more abstract spaces of any dimension, such as arise in modeling phenomena having many independent variables. Although the earliest maps known are of the heavens, geographic maps of territory have a very long tradition and exist from ancient times. The word "map" comes from the , wherein ''mappa'' meant 'napkin' or 'cloth' and ''mundi'' 'the world'. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
