Chula Vista Movers
The history of what is now Chula Vista, goes back millions of years. Around 3000 B.C., the Kumeyaay tribe of Indians populated the area. Today, many Native American descendants of this tribe live in or around San Diego.
Spanish explorers landed in San Diego harbor in 1542 and they claimed the land. By 1795 Chula Vista was part of a land grant known as Rancho del Rey and was later used as grazing land for the horses and cattle of the landowners. Claimed by the US after the Mexican-American war of 1847, the land grants remained private property under U.S. laws.
Santa Fe railway directors began a campaign in the 1880′s in what was known as Chula Vista, meant to attract settlers to the area. The land was divided into five-acre lots and sold for $300 an acre. With a steam motor road running through it’s center, it was attractive to many and homes began to be erected.
A kelp processing plant was built in 1916 to produce cordite, which was a smokeless gunpowder used by the British army in WW 1. The depression had a significant impact on Chula Vista, but being a farming town, it fared better than most because of the production of celery and lemons, which brought in millions of dollars in revenue for the area. Many servicemen stayed in Chula Vista after the second world war and contributed greatly to the population growth.
Today Chula Vista, which means “Beautiful View” in Spanish, is the second largest city in California.
