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The history of Montclair is as rich as that of any other West Valley city. The earliest inhabitants of the land that is now Montclair were the Serrano Indians. The Serrano Indians built their village on the banks of a sycamore tree-lined creek which followed what is now Mills Avenue. In 1774, Captain Juan Baustista D'Anza, on his historic trip to the San Gabriel Mission, named that stream "Arroyo de los Alisos," the Stream of the Sycamores. Legend has it that D'Anza carved the initials, "IHS" on a large sycamore, which may have been uprooted when the stream, now known as San Antonio Creek, overflowed its banks in 1894.

Montclair is located in very close proximity to private universities/colleges, including the prestigious Claremont Colleges, State universities, and several community colleges. Montclair is a full-service City with its own Police and Fire Departments and has a young and diverse population that represents the ethnic and cultural diversity that is characteristic of Southern California.