Before the arrival of the Spanish land grant owners in the latter part of the 1700s, the Tongva branch of the indigenous Gabrielino tribe inhabited the area that later became Gardena. They farmed its fertile soil, enriched by natural irrigation arising from its location at the northern end of Dominguez Slough, a body of waterContinue reading “Gardena’s early days and its eventual incorporation as a city”
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Torrance hog farms became community nuisances as the area’s population grew
Looking around at the South Bay landscape today, it’s hard to imagine it as the thriving agricultural area it once was in the first half of the 20th century. Dairy farms once dotted the landscape. Giant greenhouses near present-day 190th St. and Western Ave. raised and sold orchids and gardenias renowned nationwide, and the PalosContinue reading “Torrance hog farms became community nuisances as the area’s population grew”
