Pioneer House of the Mother Colony in Anaheim, California

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Pioneer House of the Mother Colony


California State Historical Marker, Orange County

	414 N West St, Anaheim, CA, USA Latitude & Longitude: 33.836251, -117.928005

	Anaheim's first house, built in 1857 by Founder George Hanson. 'The Mother Colony,' a German group that left San Francisco to form a grape-growing colony in Southern California, selected the name given to this settlement. The vineyards, which became the largest in California, were destroyed by disease in 1885. The colony then started producing Valencia oranges. Here once resided actress Helena Modjeska and Henryk Sienkiewicz, author of Quo Vadis. Last updated: 11/11/2009 11:05:23 Pioneer House of the Mother Colony Historical Marker Location Map, Anaheim, California

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