HISTORY 142A Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Southern Pacific Transportation Company
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There"s groups of anglos moving in and establishing themselves but majority of population spanish speaking. Increasingly violent city those anglos moving in and beginning to enforce what they deem to be american rule and american political/legal systems. Anglos (including some vigilante groups) more than happy to assert their power in varying ways. Faragher wrote a book about violence in la stretching into the 20th century if you want to look more into it. 1870: bustling town before the in-rush of settlers (beginning in 1880s) Its water system is totally antiquated (not much more than a little stream most of the time unless it"s flooding) Period of transition from mexican town to anglo-american town. "american and mexican" frequently written on many things during this time to point out dichotomy of the transition during this time. Refers in this picture to the contrast between the two buildings. Tall american building vs. mexican adobe and flat building.
