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| The natural history of the area known as Chula Vista can be traced back millions of years through prehistoric fossils of both land and sea types. Archaeological evidence shows at least reo listings 10,000 years of human habitation in the region. Around 3000 B.C., Yuman-speaking people began moving into the area. Many of the Native American Indians in reo listings San Diego today are descendants of the Kumeyaay tribe who roamed here for thousands of years. reo listings |
On October 17, 1911, an election was reo listings held in Chula Vista to incorporate and the people voted in its favor. The State of California approved this Act of Incorporation in November. reo listings The Board of Trustees of Chula Vista held an election at the office of the People's State Bank and E.T. Smith was elected President.
Local farmers continued to grow lemons as their primary crop and used over eight packing houses in the city. However, terrible weather came to the area in the following years causing severe damage. Crops suffered from reo listings a severe freeze in 1913 and droughts in 1914 and 1915. The Floods of 1916 caused major damage with a break in the Lower Otay Dam causing millions of gallons (or liters) of water to empty out in two and a half hours. Railroad tracks near Second Avenue were swept away, 23 homes were destroyed and more than 20 people were killed.
In February 1916, the Hercules Powder Company began the reo listings design and construction of a kelp processing plant covering a 30-acre (12 hectare) plot of land in Chula Vista. Kelp was reo listings an ideal source of materials used in the production of explosives. The plant produced potash and acetone to make cordite, a smokeless powder used extensively by the British armed forces in World War I. Hercules produced 46,000,000 lb (21,000,000 kg) of cordite for the British government during the war, making it the largest kelp harvesting fleet in the world at the time. The plant was located on what is now known as reo listings Gunpowder Point, currently the home of the Chula Vista Nature Center.
Although the Great Depression affected Chula Vista significantly, agriculture still provided considerable income reo listings for the residents. In 1931, the lemon orchards produced $1 million in revenue and the reo listings celery fields contributed $600,000.