Santa Ana Valley

The Santa Ana Valley is located in Orange County, California and is bisected by the Santa Ana River. The valley is home to most of Orange County's central business districts. Cities such as Anaheim, Buena Park, Costa Mesa, Fullerton, Irvine, Orange, Santa Ana, and Yorba Linda are located in the Santa Ana Valley.

History

This valley was named Vallejo de Santa Ana in 1769 after the Gaspar de Portolà expedition, of which Friar Junípero Serra was a part, as well as Sargeant José Antonio Yorba, and José Manuel Nieto. The mission located closest to the Santa Ana Valley is Mission San Juan Capistrano, which was built east of the San Joaquin Hills, in the present day city of San Juan Capistrano.

Ranchos

The historic Ranchos of California in the Santa Ana Valley area:

See also

Santa Ana

Santa Ana or Santa Anna may refer to:

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Santa Ana, Entre Ríos

Santa Ana (Entre Ríos) is a village and municipality in Entre Ríos Province in north-eastern Argentina.

The 1979 completion of the Salto Grande Dam put thousands of acres under water, and Santa Ana shifted to citrus production, which now supports 60% of the population.

References

Coordinates: 30°54′S 57°56′W / 30.900°S 57.933°W / -30.900; -57.933

Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center

Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center is a passenger rail station and transportation center in Santa Ana, California. It is used by Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner and Metrolink's Orange County Line and Inland Empire-Orange County Line trains. It is also a Greyhound station and a hub for the Orange County Transportation Authority bus system as well as a terminal for several Mexican bus tour companies.

When the station opened on September 7, 1985 it was the largest new rail station built in the United States since the completion of the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal circa 1955. The center was erected on the site of a former Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway combination depot that had been constructed in 1939 and closed in 1982. The station, which cost approximately $17 million, was funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation, California Department of Transportation, and city.

The station was designed by the architectural firm of The Blurock Partnership (from Newport Beach), in the Spanish Colonial Revival and Mediterranean Revival architectural styles to complement the region’s older buildings. Features include red barrel roof tiles, arcades, colonnades, exterior walls finished to resemble stucco, and the extensive use of painted tiles for decoration.