Known as the Gateway to the San Gabriel Valley, the land that would eventually become Alhambra was bought by pioneer Benjamin D. Wilson after he decided to abandon a trip to China in 1841. In 1873, the Southern Pacific Railroad built a line directly throu
Author Biography
Author Michael Anthony Orozco is a longtime resident of Alhambra and a soldier in the US Army. After serving seven years in Germany and deploying twice to Iraq, he returned in 2008 to Alhambra, where he was raised, and rediscovered his fascination with the city's history. The vintage photographs compiled for this book were collected with the generous cooperation of the Alhambra Historical Society.
