1935 Map of Coyote Hills

About this map

Industrial expansion and citrus agriculture define the borderlands of Orange and Los Angeles counties in the mid-1930s. The landscape is dominated by the Union Oil Tank Farm and the extensive infrastructure of the Union Pacific and Pacific Electric railroads, which facilitated the movement of goods from the surrounding hills. Deep within the Coyote Hills, the sprawling Bastonchury Ranch reflects the era's massive citrus operations, while the presence of the Mexican Sch and Brea-Olinda Union High Sch points to the social fabric of the laboring communities.