Corona

Several times in the late 20th century, Corona was cited as the fastest-growing city in California, doubling and tripling its former sleepy-town size of around 25,000 in the 1970s to 150,000 in a matter of just decades. Corona has come a long way from its former offshoot identity as South Riverside in the late 19th century. Incorporated as Corona in 1896, it
survived as a dry-farming community until the arrival of citrus crops. Its status as a way station for travelers between Los Angeles and the outlying desert communities was dramatically altered in the mid-1910s when it became an internationally recognized road-racing draw for the likes of Barney Oldfield and other great speedsters of the day. As a
bedroom community today for workers in Orange and Los Angeles Counties, it is virtually a prototype of Southern California suburban growth.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Bryner Winn
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.08.2005
• EAN: 9781531616120
• ISBN: 978-1-5316-1612-0
• No. of pages: 130
• Dimensions: 175 mm x 250 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 417 g
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous