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Mona Blvd. E 95th St. Weigand Ave. Holmes Ave. Bandera St. E nd St. E st St. Kalmia St. The district was once a separate city but was consolidated with Los Angeles in As a major junction of railroad lines, Watts attracted many railroad workers as residents. Watts is noted for the Watts Towers and for the Watts riots. The neighborhood was also known for its number of youth gangs, which has decreased over the years.
Residents engage in civic activities such as cycling, a toy drive, a Christmas parade and an athletic tournament. There is a local theatre and a dance company. There is one library branch, and there are four high schools. Watts has also been known as a site for motion picture filming.
As on all ranchos , the principal vocation was at that time grazing and beef production. With the influx of European American settlers into Southern California in the s, La Tajuata land was sold off and subdivided for smaller farms and homes, including a acre parcel purchased by Charles H. Watts in for alfalfa and livestock farming. In those days each Tajuata farm had an artesian well. The arrival of the railroad spurred the settlement and development of the area.
Most of the first residents were the traqueros, Mexican and Mexican American rail workers who constructed and maintained the new rail lines. With this new growth, Watts was incorporated as a separate city, taking its name from the first railroad station, Watts Station that had been built in on 10 acres of land donated by the Watts family. The city voted to annex itself to Los Angeles in Watts did not become predominantly black until the s. Before then, there were some African American residents, many of whom were Pullman car porters and cooks.
Schoolroom photos from and show only two or three black faces among the 30 or so children pictured. By , a black realtor, Charles C.
The latter led to the Watts Riots on August 11, following an altercation between Marquette Frye, an African American motorist, and Lee Minikus, a white police officer who pulled him over for drunk driving. During the six day riot 34 people were killed and 1, injured. After the riots, Watts suffered further as gangs grew more powerful and the level of violence rose.
Between and , the police reported more than homicides in Watts, most of them gang-related and connected to the fight over control of the illegal drug market.
The gang violence and continuing poverty and isolation of Watts generated a shift in population. Those African Americans who had the resources left the area for other parts of Los Angeles and in some instances for a return to the U.
As blacks abandoned the area, primarily Hispanic immigrants from Mexico and Central America replaced them. The area now known as Watts began its modern history after the arrival of Spanish-Mexican settlers, as part of the Rancho La Tajuata, which received its land grant in As on all ranchos, the principle vocation was livestock grazing and beef production. In those days each Tajuata farm had an artesian well. The arrival of the railroad spurred the development of the area and in Watts was incorporated as a separate city; named after the first railroad station built in the town, Watts Station.
The city voted to annex itself to Los Angeles in Blacks came in later and many of the men were Pullman car porters and other railroad workers.
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