1901 Map of Southern California Sheet No. 1

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Los Angeles and its emerging coastal neighbors define the western edge of this comprehensive Southern California turn-of-the-century survey. The landscape transitions from the shores of San Pedro Bay and the salt-air reaches of Santa Monica through the dense network of Spanish land grants toward the inland empires of San Bernardino and Riverside. Transportation is dominated by the competing corridors of the Santa Fe R. R. and Southern Pacific R. R., which navigated the formidable geography of the San Gorgonio Pass and the Cajon Creek drainage.