The history of Acadia

Indian tribes in Acadia have a history of more than 3,000 years, but after Spain established a mission station in today's San Gabriel Valley, Indians were controlled and enslaved by the Spanish. Indians who used to live in the ranch of Santa Anita under Mexican rule were called Aleutian Puchina or Alupkenga. They were all infected with diseases brought by Europeans, and soon the whole nation perished. Acadia was originally a part of Santa Anita Ranch, which is the property of the San Gabriel Valley Mission Station. 1839, Hugo Reid, a Scottish immigrant, bought a large piece of land in Acadia. 1852, Reid described the aborigines in detail in a series of letters. Reid served as California's constitutional representative on 1849. After that, the property changed hands several times. 1875, Lucky Baldwin bought a large area of land, including Arcadia, for $200,000 ($25 per acre). At that time, he witnessed this green land under the shade of oak trees and praised it as a paradise. Baldwin began to plan farmland, orchards and farms. And build a hotel. 1903 Acadia, with a population of 500, officially became a city through legal procedures.