Montclair

The Montclair area began its history as a camp for a band of Native Americans known as the Serrano Indians. After Spaniards settled California in the 1700s, the territory served as a watering stop for travelers along the Juan Bautista de Anza Trail. In 1897, the Township of Marquette was established—though renamed Monte Vista in the early 1900s—and the area then developed as a farming community for the citrus industry. After World War I, a housing and population boom transformed the town in...