Forklift Masts El Monte

Forklift Masts El Monte - El Monte lies in Los Angeles County within the state of California, USA. It is located east of Los Angeles within the San Gabriel Valley. It is a residential, commercial and industrial city with a population that, during 2000, totaled 115,965. During the year 2002, it was ranked the 44th largest city in the state of California and the 191st biggest city in the United States. Historically, it is known as "The End of the Santa Fe Trail."

Initially, El Monte was just an island in the middle of the San Gabriel Valley. The island itself is more or less 7 miles long and 4 miles wide. El Monte was not named after a mountain like various individuals might believe. In archaic Spanish, the name El Monte means 'the wooded place' or 'meadow or marsh'. The city was named by Spanish soldiers and missionaries that stopped here in between 1770 and 1830. The island was situated between two rivers and was totally abundant in alders, wispy willows, cattails, as well as wild grapefruit and watercress. During the 1850's, when the state was organized into more organized townships, the State Legislature named it the El Monte Township. The name didn't stick and fast reverted to simply El Monte.

The leading employers in the city, as of the 2009 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, are: Wells Fargo, that employs 1,800 individuals, El Monte Union High School District, which hires 1,742 individuals, Mountain View Elementary School District, which employs 1,007 people, Vons, which employs 736 people, Longo Toyota-Lexus, that employs 600 individuals, City of El Monte, that hires 526 people, Driftwood Dairy, Cathay Bank and M.C. Gill Corporation, all of who each employs 250 individuals.