Savanna,_California

Savannah, California

Savannah, California

Former settlement in California, United States

Savannah (also, Savanna) is a former settlement in Los Angeles County, California.[1] The rail depot of that name was located on the line of the Southern Pacific Railroad between San Gabriel and El Monte, at an elevation of 276 feet (84 m).[1]

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Savannah was promoted with considerable dignity in 1887–88 but vanished, nevertheless; the neighborhood of the depot has been absorbed by Rosemead.[1] The name survives in Savanna High School and Savanna School District of Orange County, which seceded from Los Angeles County in 1889.

Savannah was the location of Camp Monte, a Rebel base where State militias trained openly for participation in the Civil War until Federal troops suppressed it by establishing Camp Carleton in 1862.[2][3] Camp Monte is recalled today in "Johnny Rebel," the mascot of Savanna High School and name for a statue of a Civil-War era soldier in the quad.

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References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Savannah, California
  2. [2]
    Confederate Veterans, San Gabriel Valley Tribune
  3. [3]
    Camp Carleton


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