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El Campo Colorado (site) (La Habra, California)

USA / California / La Habra / La Habra, California
 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
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Coordinates:   33°55'37"N   117°57'21"W

Comments

  • Local Historian (guest)
    I'm sorry. You're mistaken. This neighborhood is a small barrio that dates back to the 1920s. Take a look at the small cottages on 4th and 5th Avenues and McFadden that date back to that era. Why did you edit the reference to "El Campo" with bad information?
  • desu
    Yes, I'm not really sure how "citrus camp" equals "former orange groves" either.
  • phiz
    Were there even orange groves ever here? I know there were some to the east and, avacados to the northwest....just take a stroll up Hacienda and see what's left of those..... Ah, more wiki-revisionist history at it's finest.
  • phiz
    P.S. I had a notion to tag "Campo Rojo" but, didn't want to get into it while some people get the new, "look what I can do" wiki-excitement out of they're system. Lot's of interesting history in that little barrio, too.
  • desu
    I've reverted the tag back to the original for now. A cursory Google search (what alaprod should have done before screwing with the tag) brings up a lot of interesting information. Hopefully I or someone else can fill this tag out with more information.
  • desu
    Tag updated with (hopefully) correct information. Let me know if any more tweaking can be done, Local Historian, and thanks for the heads-up.
  • Local Historian (guest)
    Sorry, Desu. The Mobile Home Park is indeed the site of the old Campo Colorado. Just east of this area is the STILL STANDING barrio known as Campo Corona. 4th Avenue, 5th Avenue, McFadden Street between Monte Vista and Walnut and south of the railroad tracks.
  • Lupe Hurlbet
    The houses were not painted red, they were red because of the natural color of the wood. There was also a cowfield with a barn between "C" street and Ocean Blvd. (Lambert) and it was run by a man named Mike who drove a yellow/orange truck. I lived on "C" street until they knocked it down in 1964/65.
  • LH Historian (guest)
    I realize that it's nearly 100 years ago...but does anyone know it the Corona family members related to the original owner/developer are still nearby in LH? This is for a possible oral history for the historical society,
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