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Founded by Quakers in 1887, it was the hometown of President Richard M. Nixon . The city is the seat of Whittier College and Rio Hondo College. A state historic park in Whittier contains the mansion of the last Mexican governor of California, Pio Pica. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Click here to shop the Bartleby Bookstore .