El Campo Colorado (site) (La Habra, California)
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La Habra, California
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place with historical importance, historical layer / disappeared object
Named for the color of the houses constructed from redwood (other sources say the houses were painted red) with red tar roofing shingles, the Red Camp was established by the La Habra Citrus Growers Association in the Teens to house Mexican-American and Mexican immigrant citrus workers. Doing so provided the growers association with a steady, reliable workforce. It was located to the south of town adjacent to a barrio named El Barrio and south of the railroad tracks.
The former colonia, faced with the rise in higher paying non-agricultural jobs and the decline of agricultural work due to development, was razed in the '60s to make way for a trailer park. El Barrio later inherited the El Campo Colorado name.
www.unco.edu/hss/latina/BOOKS/books11.htm
articles.latimes.com/1999/jun/12/local/me-45746
ccsre.stanford.edu/pdfs/Second_Annual_Lecture_1987.pdf
books.google.com/books?id=AbrJUReYu50C
The former colonia, faced with the rise in higher paying non-agricultural jobs and the decline of agricultural work due to development, was razed in the '60s to make way for a trailer park. El Barrio later inherited the El Campo Colorado name.
www.unco.edu/hss/latina/BOOKS/books11.htm
articles.latimes.com/1999/jun/12/local/me-45746
ccsre.stanford.edu/pdfs/Second_Annual_Lecture_1987.pdf
books.google.com/books?id=AbrJUReYu50C
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 33°55'37"N 117°57'21"W
- Anaheim Colony Historic District 9 km
- Knott's Berry Farm 10 km
- Cranford Airport (site) 11 km
- Disneyland Park 13 km
- Ford Pico Rivera Assembly Plant / Northrop "Advanced Systems Division" (site) 16 km
- Fairplex (Los Angeles County Fairgrounds) 25 km
- New Model Dairy Colony 30 km
- Grand Boulevard, Corona 36 km
- Kaiser Steel Plant (site) 45 km
- Former Camp Anza Cantonment Area 45 km
- Westridge Golf Club 2.1 km
- East Whittier, California 4.1 km
- La Mirada Golf Course 4.6 km
- Los Coyotes Country Club 4.9 km
- Regional Park 5.2 km
- BIOLA (Bible Institute of Los Angeles) 5.9 km
- Former Hunt-Wesson Foods Plant 6 km
- Fullerton Municipal Airport (FUL/KFUL) 6.5 km
- South Whittier, California 6.7 km
- Candlewood Country Club 7.2 km
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