![]() ![]() With its large lots and agricultural zoning, residents could grow crops and raise livestock to provide for their families and their community. African American families, many of whom had moved to the West Coast to work in military production during World War II, settled there and were drawn to the Richland Farms neighborhood. By the 1940s and '50s, Compton had become a working-class suburb. That particular area - a 10-block neighborhood sandwiched between downtown Compton and what's now the 91 Freeway - became Richland Farms, known for a variety of crops including pumpkins, sugar beets and cauliflower. In 1888, Compton donated his land and the area was incorporated as the city of Compton under the condition that a swath of it be zoned for agriculture. (Security Pacific National Bank Collection/Los Angeles Public Library Collection) ![]()
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