Editing Tijuana (section)

===19th century===
Further settlement took place near the end of the mission era when [[José María de Echeandía]], governor of the Baja California and Alta California, awarded a large land grant to [[Santiago Argüello]] in 1829. This large cattle ranch, [[Rancho Tía Juana]], covered {{convert|100|km2|sqmi|-1|abbr=on}}. Although "Tia Juana" means "Aunt Jane" in Spanish, the name was actually an adaptation of the word 'Tihuan' or 'Tijuán' in the Kumeyaay language, the name of a nearby Kumeyaay settlement and whose meaning is disputed.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/v50-1/rancho_tiajuana.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060220212836/http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/v50-1/rancho_tiajuana.pdf |archive-date=2006-02-20 |url-status=live|journal=The Journal of San Diego History|title=THE RANCHO TÍA JUANA (TIJUANA) GRANT|author=Antonio Padilla Corona|access-date=20 February 2022}}</ref>

In 1848, as a result of the [[Mexican–American War]] with the United States, Mexico lost Alta California. While the majority of the 1,000 Hispanic families living in Alta California stayed on the American side, some moved south to Tijuana to remain inside Mexico, which was now in Baja California as the division between the Californias moved north in between San Diego and Tijuana. Because of this Tijuana gained a different purpose on the international border. The area had been populated by ranchers, but Tijuana developed a new social economic structure which were farming and livestock grazing, plus as a transit area for prospectors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tijuana.gob.mx/ciudad/CiudadHistoriaMinima.asp |title=Minimal History of Tijuana |author=David Pinera Ramirez |website= |access-date=20 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117131949/http://www.tijuana.gob.mx/ciudad/CiudadHistoriaMinima.asp |archive-date=17 January 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Urban settlement began in 1889, when descendants of Santiago Argüello and [[Agustin Olvera|Augustín Olvera]] entered an agreement to begin developing the city of Tijuana. The date of the agreement, 11 July 1889, is recognized as the founding of the city.<ref>As determined at the second Symposium of History, 1975.</ref> Tijuana saw its future in tourism from the beginning. From the late 19th century to the first few decades of the 20th century, the city attracted large numbers of Californians coming for trade and entertainment. The California land boom of the 1880s led to the first big wave of tourists, who were called "excursionists" and came looking for echoes of the famous novel ''[[Ramona]]'' by [[Helen Hunt Jackson]].