![]() ![]() In 1924, the city used eminent domain to seize the land from the Black property owners under the pretense of building a park. In the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan began violently harassing the resort’s visitors, the Bruce family, and four other Black families that bought lots. Many beachgoers did so, which made the nearby white landowners unhappy. Peck's land was located between Bruce's land and the beach itself, and Bruce erected "no tresspassing signs" on his land, which required beachgoers to walk a half-mile around his land in order to go to the beach. There were two dressing tents with showers, and fifty bathing suits were available for rent. Bruce set up a small portable cottage with a stand in front where soda and lunches were sold. Bruce, a landowner of property near the coast, created the first beach resort for Black Americans in Southern California, Bruce’s Beach. Peck himself was opposed to incorporation. Incorporation of the City of Manhattan Beach won in a vote held on November 26, 1912. "Beach" was appended to the city's name, in 1927, at the behest of the postmaster. Around 1902, the beach suburb was named "Manhattan" after developer Stewart Merrill's home, the New York City borough of Manhattan. Peck owned the land that became part of the north section of Manhattan Beach. The tracks ran through Manhattan Beach and spanned all the way to Redondo Beach with a substation constructed in later years at Center Street, which today is Manhattan Beach Boulevard. At some point after this the location was informally called "Shore Acres." Shortly thereafter, in 1888 the area's first freight and passenger railroad tracks were built by the Santa Fe Railroad company. On May 4, 1885, Freeman bought the ranch from Burnett for $140,000. Freeman moved his wife and three children onto the ranch and started growing various crops. ![]() Ten years later in 1873, Burnett leased the ranch to a Canadian, Daniel Freeman (not the American of the same name, who was the first to file a claim under the Homestead Act of 1862). In 1863, a Scottish immigrant, Sir Robert Burnett, purchased Rancho Sausal Redondo and Rancho Aguaje de la Centinela from Avila's heirs for $33,000. It included what is today the entire Port of Los Angeles San Pedro, Los Angeles Harbor City, Los Angeles Wilmington, Los Angeles Carson Compton the Dominguez Hills Lomita the Palos Verdes Peninsula Redondo Beach Hermosa Beach Manhattan Beach and Torrance. ![]() In 1784, the Spanish Crown deeded Rancho San Pedro, a tract of over 75,000 acres (300 km 2), to soldier Juan José Domínguez. It traveled north from San Diego to the San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles Basin, San Fernando Valley, Monterey Bay, and San Francisco Bay. In the mid-18th century, the Portolá expedition was the first European land exploration of present-day California. It has been mentioned at the Historical Society that the location of a portion of current day Manhattan Beach may have been used as a Native American burial grounds. The Tongva Village of Ongovanga was located near neighbouring Redondo Beach. ![]() Archeological work in the nearby Chowigna excavation show evidence of inhabitants as far back as 7,100 years ago. The sandy coastal area was likely inhabited by the Tongva tribe of Native Americans. History Don Manuel Domínguez, owner of Rancho San Pedro, which included modern-day Manhattan Beach The climate is unusually moderate because of Manhattan Beach's proximity to the Pacific Ocean, with an average year-round high temperature of 69.1 ☏ (20.6 ☌) and an average year-round low of 56.4 ☏ (13.6 ☌). The community is known for a long beach stretching approximately 2.1 miles (3.4 km) and roughly 450 feet (140 m) wide. Manhattan Beach is one of the three Beach Cities, along with Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach within the South Bay region of Los Angeles County. As of the 2010 census, the population was 35,135. Manhattan Beach is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, United States, on the Pacific coast south of El Segundo, west of Hawthorne and Redondo Beach, and north of Hermosa Beach. ![]()
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