San Gabriel, California
Los Angeles County · Population 39,568 · Card no. 10343
A San Gabriel Valley city built around the 1771 mission that gave the whole valley its name.
- The mission's church, begun in 1791, has walls six feet thick.
- The city's Valley Boulevard is a major Chinese restaurant district.
- Los Angeles was founded by settlers who walked from this mission in 1781.
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