Montebello, California
Los Angeles County · Population 62,640 · Card no. 10255
A city east of Los Angeles whose name means beautiful hill, built on former rancho land.
- The Battle of Rio San Gabriel, part of the Mexican-American War, was fought nearby in 1847.
- Oil was discovered here in 1917.
- It was a flower-growing center before the war.
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