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El Toro (Spanish for "The Bull") is a prominent hill located along the eastern foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains in southwest Santa Clara County, California. The iconic landmark is partially owned by the city of Morgan Hill, and its silhouette is incorporated in the city logo.
Lake Forest is a city in Orange County, California, United States. The population was 85,858 at the 2020 census. Lake Forest incorporated as a city on December 20, 1991. Prior to incorporation, the community had been known as El Toro.
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El Toro was the largest of five Marine Corps Air Stations on the West Coast, covering approximately 4,700 acres. The air station brought people and employment to Orange County, who had a front-row seat to decades of innovations in Marine Corps aviation.
MCAS El Toro was commissioned on March 17, 1943. In 1950, it was selected as a permanent Master Jet Station and center of support for the operation and combat readiness of Fleet Forces, Pacific.
Marine Corps Air Station El Toro (MCAS El Toro) was born in the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor, on nearly 5,000 acres of lima bean fields the government bought from farmer James Irvine for $100,000. The population of Orange County at the time – 1943 – was about 150,000.
El Toro is a prominent hill located along the eastern foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains in southwest Santa Clara County, California. The iconic landmark is partially owned by the city of Morgan Hill, and its silhouette is incorporated in the city logo. Map. Directions. Satellite. Photo Map. Wikipedia. Photo: EugeneZelenko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
