The history of Montebello dates back 100 years to the days of the indigenous Tongvan peoples and the first Franciscan Missionaries, who, on September 9, 1771, established the original San Gabriel Mission near where San Gabriel Boulevard now crosses the Rio Hondo River. More @Wikipedia
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