The story of Cucamonga begins long ago. To its first inhabitants, the Tongvan Kucamonga tribe, Cucamonga meant land of many waters, referring to the area's numerous streams flowing down from the southeastern end of the San Gabriel Mountains. By the 1800s it was a Mexican land grant named the Cucamonga Rancho. Murder, drought, and foreclosure led to the rancho's 13,000 acres being subdivided. Immigrants from around the world arrived to make a new life in the renowned Cucamonga Wine Valley. One Italian immigrant, Secundo Guasti, bought a huge swath of land in southern Cucamonga and planted the world's largest vineyard. Many of Guasti's workers lived north of the winery in an area they aptly named Northtown. Still others planted farms, started businesses, and built schools and churches. The farms are gone. Most of the wineries are closed, and parts of the old rancho are now known by the city names of Upland and Ontario; but the story of Cucamonga lives on through these and other photos.