History of Anaheim California. Join Jenny on her bike rides across the U... SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA YEARS AGO On March 4, 1861, in Orange, California, a multi-gender all racial class met to coincide with Abraham Lincoln's inauguration. Imagine participating while across the country Lincoln addressed the impending Civil War. Lincoln’s Inaugural address indicated to the South that in their hands my dissatisfied fellow countrymen is the issue of Civil War. While the morally corrupt Southeast boiled over, the southwest with its diversity began the true meaning of a successful Democracy. On the site that would become at Chapman University. Beach Blvd was used for Cattle Drives. Herds of wild cattle and horses roamed the area without concern of any natural enemies. Once they were used to feed the California gold rush of 1848. Herded down the grasslands to Anaheim Bay their hides were exchanged for merchandise that the trading ships brought from the far east. In the middle of the valley a m...
