La Habra’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of La Habra. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The name referred to the "Pass Through the Hills," the natural pass through the hills to the north first discovered and used by Spanish explorers of the Portola expedition on July 30, 1769.
In 1839, when the area was part of Alta California, vast herds of cattle and horses grazed over the hills and valleys of Southern California. Mariano Reyes Roldan was granted 6,698 acres (27 km2) in that year and named his land Rancho Cañada de La Habra. In the 1860s, Abel Stearns purchased Rancho La Habra.
La Habra was founded in 1896. The first post office in the town was established in 1898 in a corner of Coy's Store at Central (now La Habra Boulevard) and Euclid Street.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart La Habra’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how La Habra’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewFashion Square Joseph Magnin, 1975: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from La Habra
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La Habra, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Fashion Square Joseph Magnin (1975) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.