Duarte Chronicles
Duarte Chronicles
by Claudia Heller, Alan Heller, Margaret Finlay
English | EPUB | 6.6 MB
by Claudia Heller, Alan Heller, Margaret Finlay
English | EPUB | 6.6 MB
AndresDuarte was a Mexican army veteran who was awarded a 6,595-acre grant south ofthe San Gabriel Mountains in 1841. Parceled out to settlers and farmers, theRancho Azusa de Duarte began thriving when rail lines were built to access thecitrus crops. Duarte was home to the City of Hope, a tuberculosis clinic thatbecame a world-class cancer research and treatment center. The old U.S. Route66 brought thousands of new Californians through the residential melting potfrom points east. Residents have included such notables as big-band leaderGlenn Miller and playwright Sam Shepard. Join coauthors Claudia and Alan Helleras they recall the people, institutions, events and natural elements that havemade Duarte a unique Los Angeles County city.