Editing La Habra, California (section)

===Origin of name===
The name referred to the "Pass Through the Hills,"<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=10362|title= Profile for La Habra, California, CA|publisher= ePodunk|access-date= September 12, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130131233522/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=10362|archive-date= January 31, 2013}}</ref> the natural pass through the [[Puente Hills|hills to the north]] first discovered and used by Spanish explorers of the [[Portola expedition]] on [[Timeline of the Portolà expedition|July 30, 1769]].

In 1839, when the area was part of [[Alta California]], vast herds of cattle and horses grazed over the hills and valleys of Southern California.  Mariano Reyes Roldan was granted {{convert|6698|acre|km2|0}} in that year and named his land [[Rancho La Habra|Rancho Cañada de La Habra]]. In the 1860s, [[Abel Stearns]] purchased Rancho La Habra.