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1902 Map of Corona

Name: 1902 Topographic Map of Corona
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1930
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1930

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The Santa Ana River carves through this landscape at the turn of the century, providing a vital artery for the emerging agricultural and industrial growth of the region. Irrigation infrastructure is prominently displayed, with the California Canal, Yorba Canal, and Orange and Santa Ana Canal diverting water to support the citrus groves and settlements of the plains. Early communities like Anaheim, Fullerton, and Orange appear as concentrated hubs, while the Southern Pacific R.R. and its various branches, including the Smeltzer Branch, connect these towns to the coast at Newport.

In the eastern uplands of the Santa Ana Mountains, the presence of a Coal Mine and the Santiago Coal Mine highlights early extractive industry near Santiago Pk.. The map also preserves Spanish-era land grant names such as Lomas de Santiago and Mission Viejo, illustrating the layering of nineteenth-century development over older rancho boundaries before the rapid urbanization of the twentieth century.