![]() Highways and roads were paved overnight, transporting Angelenos off to emerging towns and cities that had been someone's farm just the year before. ![]() New businesses and rows of tract homes sprung up by the thousands in once remote suburban areas as the country rode a tidal wave of optimism. From downtown Los Angeles, sprawling growth mushroomed in all directions, giving birth to a patchwork skyline of 2-and 3-story buildings as far as the eye could see. Sparking the third wave of growth, the economic and industrial boom that followed World War II hit Southern California with the force of an earthquake. With fares as low as $1 from Kansas City to Los Angeles, Easterners flocked to California to speculate on rich farmland and real estate. In the late '40s and early '50s, California experienced its third population shockwave The first had occurred a hundred years earlier during the Gold Rush the second took place in the latter part of the 19th century when the a rate war between the 2 railroad giants, Southern Pacific and Santa Fe, led to cheap and easy transportation to the West. with the hope that it will be a source of inspiration to all the world." Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams and the hard facts that created America. and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Here, age relives fond memories of the past. To all who come to this happy place, welcome! Disneyland is your land.
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