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History of El Centro, California
Reprinted with permission fo the town of El Centro. (Links Added)
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In these early days, relationships among the cities of the Imperial Valley were often intensely competitive, reflecting the particular frontier character of the area and the fact that six cities within a twenty mile radius were all established within one generation. These cities were in a horse race to win the prize of being the Valley's leading city and the intense competition is measured by the fact that it took twenty years to get a county fair started because of strong local loyalties on the County Board of Supervisors. By the mid-forties, El Centro had become the second largest city in the Imperial Valley, with a population of about 11,000 people.


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