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Chula Vista
By Frank M. Roseman and Peter J. Watry
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After many decades of being an agricultural community and lemon capital, an aircraft-parts manufacturer moved to Chula Vista. In 1940, Rohr Aircraft Corporation arrived and, due to the demand for workers and housing for them, the agricultural town was on its way to becoming a bedroom community. The city grew rapidly due to the development of a large ranch and the construction of 25,000 homes.
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Frank Roseman and Peter Watry have traced this growth, pairing rare and vintage photographs with modern images of Chula Vista today.
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Chula Vista - Frank M. Roseman
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INTRODUCTION
The original residents of what is now Chula Vista were Native Americans. In 1542 and 1602, the first Europeans—Spanish explorers—came to this area. The last Spanish explorer, Sebastian Vizcaino, named it San Diego Bay and sailed on. The Spanish paid little attention to San Diego until they learned that the Russians were hunting their way south along the shore of Alaska.
So 167 years after their last visit to the bay, the Spanish decided that if they wanted to claim California they needed a permanent presence there. In 1769, Fr. Junipero Serra lead a Spanish party and marched through what is now Chula Vista on the way to San Diego. Their desire was to teach the local Native Americans the Spanish culture and ways. Missions were established from San Diego to San Francisco, and the natives were taught the Christian religion, farming, building methods, and to make furniture and clothing. California had vast grazing land for the cattle the Spanish had brought with them, and soon the missions were raising thousands of head of cattle. The Native Americans did much of the work at the missions.
Under Spanish rule, the king or his representative assigned land. Most of the grazing land was assigned to the missions. Land that is now Chula Vista and the south bay was assigned to the soldiers at the Presidio for grazing their animals. The land was called El Rancho del Rey, the King’s Ranch.
New Spain
became the country of Mexico in 1821. The Mexican government gave favored men and women land grants. One such gift was to John Forster, who had married the sister of the Mexican governor of California, Pio Pico. This 26,000-acre land grant was named Rancho de la Nacion and included what is now Bonita, National City, and the western half of Chula Vista.
After the Mexican-American War, the United States took over California and allowed the land grants to continue as private property. John Forster sold the National Ranch to the Kimball brothers in 1868. Frank Kimball began developing the land as an American-style farming community. Five thousand acres south of National City were designated the agricultural farm of the Rancho; this area eventually became Chula
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