Lift Truck Chain El Monte

Lift Truck Chain El Monte - Situated east of Los Angeles within the San Gabriel Valley, El Monte is a city in Los Angeles County, state of California. After the turn of the century during 2000, the commercial, industrial and residential city had a population of roughly 115,000. In the year 2002, it was ranked the 44th largest city within the state of California and the 191st largest city within the United States. Historically, it is referred to as "The End of the Santa Fe Trail."

The city of El Monte was at first an island within the center of the San Gabriel Valley. The island is roughly 4 miles wide and 7 miles long. The name El Monte was not officially named after a mountain as some do believe. El Monte really means 'meadow or marsh' or 'the wooded place'. The city was named by Spanish soldiers and missionaries that stopped here in between 1770 and 1830. The island was located between two rivers and was richly abundant in wispy willows, cattails, and alders, 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 rapidly reverted to just El Monte.

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