Southern California beaches had more cows than people
Southern California has an amazing history. Now known for its beautiful topography and large cities, California has long been a crowded and expensive place to live. That wasn’t always the case. Long settled for a thousand years by native American tribes, California was first discovered by the outside world in the 16th and 17th centuries by the Spanish and soon claimed in her name. The picture above shows that all the way until the early 1900’s, you could find more livestock on the beaches than people; a far cry from the modern California we know today.