"Anaheim was once part of a Mexican-era rancho grant that also covered modern-day Placentia and Fullerton. The Governor of Alta California gave the land to Juan Pacífico Ontiveros in 1837, and after 20 years, Ontiveros sold a part of the land to 50 German-American families who were San Francisco residents and originated in Bavaria. The group was looking throughout the state for land suitable to grow grapes, and after buying the land from Ontiveros, they formed the Anaheim Vineyard Company. The community bore the name “Annaheim” but was later changed to “Anaheim,” a combination of “Ana” and the German word “heim,” which means “home by the Santa Ana River.”
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