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Santa Anita (other)
Santa Anita may refer to: ;Places * Little Santa Anita Canyon, a canyon in the San Gabriel Mountains, California * Santa Anita metro station, a station on the Mexico City Metro * Rancho Santa Anita, a 13,319-acre (53.90 km2) land grant given to Hugo Reid * Santa Anita, Baja California Sur, a village in Baja California del Sur, Mexico * Santa Anita, California, a community in Los Angeles County * Santa Anita Assembly Center, a temporary Detention Camp for Japanese Americans during World War II in Santa Anita, California * Santa Anita Canyon, a canyon in the Angeles National Forest in California * Santa Anita District, a district of the Lima Province in Peru * Santa Anita Golf Course, in Los Angeles, California * Santa Anita Park, a thoroughbred racetrack in Arcadia, California, United States * Westfield Santa Anita, a shopping mall in Arcadia, California ;Horse races * Santa Anita Handicap a horse race run each March at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California * Santa Anita Oaks, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Santa Anita Canyon
Little Santa Anita Canyon is a canyon in the southern San Gabriel Mountains and Angeles National Forest, within Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, southern California, The canyon runs south from Mount Wilson (California), Mount Wilson down to the town of Sierra Madre, California, Sierra Madre. Little Santa Anita Creek, which flows in it, is dammed by the Sierra Madre Dam. The Mount Wilson Trail, a hiking trail along the western side of the canyon to the summit of Mount Wilson, has its trailhead in Sierra Madre. See also *Santa Anita Canyon References Canyons and gorges of California San Gabriel Mountains Landforms of Los Angeles County, California Angeles National Forest Sierra Madre, California {{LosAngelesCountyCA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Anita Metro Station
Santa Anita is a station on the Mexico City Metro. Located in Mexico City's Iztacalco borough, the station is the current terminal of Line 4. General information The station logo depicts a man sailing a canoe. This is because in the early 20th century, in the area where the station now stands, was the Santa Anita canal – a place used for ''chinampa''-based agriculture. Today the canal has long since vanished, but the name Santa Anita is still used by the surrounding neighborhood. Metro Line 4 was originally projected to end in the Villa Coapa neighborhood, in the southern borough of Coyoacán. Since the inauguration of Line B, however, no more lines have been constructed or extended, so Metro Santa Anita – and other stations, such as Metro Barranca del Muerto – officially remain provisional terminals. Metro Santa Anita is the least busy station on the Mexico City Metro, with only 621,867 passenger boardings in 2008. Santa Anita was originally to be named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rancho Santa Anita
Rancho Santa Anita was a land grant in present-day Los Angeles County, California given to naturalized Scottish immigrant Hugo Reid and his Kizh people wife. Reid built an adobe residence there in 1839, and the land grant was formally recognized by Governor Pio Pico in 1845. The land grant covered all or portions of the present day cities of Arcadia, Monrovia, Sierra Madre, Pasadena and San Marino. A small portion of the rancho has been preserved as the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden. History The land granted to Reid was previously owned by the Mission San Gabriel. The San Gabriel Mission was founded in 1771 as the 4th of the Spanish missions in California. The San Gabriel Mission planted acres of land, in with: wheat, barley, corn, beans, peas lentils, fruit trees and vineyards. The land also grazed about 20,000 head of cattle. After the Mexican War of Independence in 1821, the Mexican secularization act of 1833 was passed. Starting in 1834 Mexico took aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Anita, Baja California Sur
Santa Anita is a village in Los Cabos Municipality, Baja California Sur, western Mexico. It is located north of San Jose del Cabo on the right bank of the Arroyo San José along Federal Highway 1. It had a population of 687 inhabitants in the 2010 census, and is situated at an elevation of 76 meters (249 ft.) above sea level. In 1968, it was described as a "little farming village". It is the type locality of the rice rat ''Oryzomys peninsulae'', now possibly extinct.Carleton and Arroyo-Cabrales, 2009, pp. 114–115 History During the Mexican American War, on February 15, 1847, a council meeting at Santa Anita, after the flag of the United States was raised over San Jose del Cabo by forces of the U. S. Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest displacement, at 4.5 million tons in 2021. It has the world's largest aircraft ..., decla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Anita, California
Santa Anita is a USGS place name within the city of Arcadia in Los Angeles County, California. Formerly within Rancho Santa Anita Rancho Santa Anita was a land grant in present-day Los Angeles County, California given to naturalized Scottish immigrant Hugo Reid and his Kizh people wife. Reid built an adobe residence there in 1839, and the land grant was formally recognized ..., it lies at an elevation of 558 feet (170 m). References Arcadia, California Former settlements in Los Angeles County, California {{LosAngelesCountyCA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Anita Canyon
Santa Anita Canyon is a canyon in the San Gabriel Mountains, within the cities of Sierra Madre, CA, Sierra Madre, Monrovia, CA, Monrovia, and Arcadia, CA, Arcadia in Los Angeles County, California. Geography The 'Big Santa Anita Canyon' with Santa Anita Creek is part of the drainage basin, watershed of the Rio Hondo (California), Rio Hondo, which flows from the mountains through the San Gabriel Valley. The Santa Anita Dam and Santa Anita reservoir-flood control basin lies near the mouth of the canyon. The community of Big Santa Anita Canyon is below. Recreation Santa Anita Canyon Road, constructed in the 1930s, provides access from Arcadia, CA, Arcadia to the Chantry Flat Recreation Area and the Pack Station, in the Angeles National Forest. Trails lead to Sturtevant Falls and other features. See also *Chantry Flathttp://www.bigsantaanitacanyon.com/chantryflats.htm Chantry Flat-Adams Pack Station . accessed 9/6/2010 *Marie Riedeselle, lived in a cabin in Santa Anita Canyon in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Anita District
Santa Anita is a district of the Lima Province in Peru. It is part of city of Lima. Officially established as a district on October 25, 1989, from parts of Ate and El Agustino separated by the ''Rio Surco'', a ditch which went all the way to Santiago de Surco. The current mayor (''alcalde'') of Santa Anita is Olimpio Alegría Calderón. The district's postal code is 43. The core sections of Santa Anita are: Santa Anita proper, originally a section of Ate; and Los Ficus and Universal, originally sections of El Agustino. Industrial areas to the east of Santa Anita and Universal mark the boundary with Ate. Geography The district has a total land area of 10.69 km2. Its administrative center is located 195 meters above sea level. Boundaries * North: El Agustino * East: Ate * South: Ate * West: El Agustino Demographics According to a 2002 estimate by the INEI, the district has 154,359 inhabitants and a population density of 14,439.6 inhabitants/km2. In 1999, there were 27,908 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Anita Golf Course
The Santa Anita Golf Course, located in the city of Arcadia, California, was operated by Santa Anita Associates for the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation from 1986-2016. This golf course was historically considered to be a part of Arcadia County Park. However, the course is operated by Strato Partners for the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation since 2016. History The upon which the golf course was built has always been devoted to recreation in some form or another. The original architect was James Harrison Smith. Originally part of the "Lucky" Baldwin Ranch, Santa Anita's history dates back to the days when its broad oaks sheltered places where Indians camped. Across its broad acres traveled Mission Fathers from San Gabriel on their way up Little Santa Anita Canyon for lumber needed to build the Mission. From 1907 through 1909 horse racing was a feature on Lucky Baldwin's famed track. The clubhouse turn was right where No. 16 is now and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Anita Park
Santa Anita Park is a Thoroughbred racetrack in Arcadia, California, United States. It offers some of the prominent horse racing events in the United States during early fall, winter and in spring. The track is home to numerous prestigious races, including both the Santa Anita Derby and the Santa Anita Handicap. It has also hosted the year-end Breeders' Cup races eleven times, more than any other racetrack. In 1984, Santa Anita was the site of equestrian events at the 1984 Olympics and will host once again in 2028. Since 2011, the Stronach Group are the current owners. History " Rancho Santa Anita" was owned originally by former San Gabriel Mission Mayor-Domo, Claudio Lopez, and named after a family member, "Anita Cota". The ranch was later acquired by rancher Hugo Reid, a Scotsman. The property's most widely known owner would be multimillionaire Lucky Baldwin, a successful businessman in San Francisco who greatly enhanced his wealth through an investment in the famous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westfield Santa Anita
The Shops at Santa Anita (formerly Westfield Santa Anita and Santa Anita Fashion Park) is a super-regional shopping mall located in Arcadia, California, adjacent to the Santa Anita Race Track. History The mall opened as Santa Anita Fashion Park on October 14, 1974, with original anchors JCPenney, The Broadway, Buffum's and J. W. Robinson's. Only Buffums was open at the mall opening and the other anchors opened gradually through 1976. The western wing was demolished and expanded in the late 1980s, completing in 1994 with a Nordstrom store replacing Buffum's. The J.W. Robinson's store became a Robinsons-May store in 1993, and The Broadway was converted into Macy's in 1996. In 1998, Westfield America, Inc., a precursor to Westfield Group, acquired the shopping center from TrizecHahn Corporation and renamed it Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita. "Shoppingtown" was dropped from the name in June 2005 and the mall became Westfield Santa Anita. On October 1, 2004, the first phase ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Anita Handicap
The Santa Anita Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early March at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. It is a Grade I race for horses four years old and up and was once considered the most important race for older horses in North America during the winter racing season. The ten-furlong Santa Anita Handicap currently offers a purse of $300,000 (2025.) History The first race was held in 1935, just months after the track opened in late 1934, and the event was open to three-year-olds and up until 1969. The Santa Anita Handicap instantly became one of the nation's top races because it offered a minimum purse of $100,000, then a staggering amount for a horse race. In its early years, the race was most commonly referred to among horsemen and racing media as the "Hundred-Grander." Another nickname for the race dating back to that time, "The Big 'Cap", is still in regular use. Probably the dominant figure in the early years of the race was Seabiscuit, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
