| Buena Park Contributor(s): Dixon, Dean O. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738529443 ISBN-13: 9780738529448 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2004 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Dewey: 979.496 |
| LCCN: 2004111494 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.33" H x 6.54" W x 9.26" (0.66 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - West Coast - Geographic Orientation - California - Locality - Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Once a part of Rancho Los Coyotes, Buena Park is today home to 80,000 people within its 10 square miles. In 1887, a Chicago grocer, who purchased land for a cattle ranch, was persuaded by the Santa Fe Railroad to found a town instead. But it was the Southern Pacific Railroad that made Buena Park an agricultural railhead. The Lily Creamery was built in 1889, marking the town s first industry. Today Buena Park, a city of residential, commercial, and industrial development, is famous for tourist attractions such as Medieval Times, Movieland Wax Museum, and Knott s Berry Farm." |
Contributor Bio(s): Dixon, Dean O.: - Author Dean O. Dixon has been writing about local history since 1974 when his family moved to Buena Park. This is his fourth book. Dixon is a past president of the Buena Park Historical Society and many of the nearly 200 images in this book come from the historical society s archives. |