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The Faraway Ranch Historic District is part of the Chiricahua National Monument in southeastern Arizona, and preserves an area associated with the final conflicts with the local Apache, one of the last frontier settlements, and in particular, its association with the people who promoted the establishment of the Chiricahua National Monument.
South Gate offers nine city parks for the enjoyment of its citizens. [69] South Gate Park covers a total of 96.8 acres (392,000 m 2), and is the largest park within the city limits. This park is used to carry out most of the Parks and Recreation Department's community programs. There are a total of six different facilities at this park, some of ...
In 1810, Antonio María Lugo completed the house and received the grant, naming his new grant Rancho San Antonio. The ranch eventually grew to encompass 29,513 acres (119.43 km 2), including what are now the cities of Bell Gardens, Commerce, and parts of Bell, Cudahy, Lynwood, Montebello, South Gate, Vernon and East Los Angeles.
The Battle of La Mesa, which took place on the lands of Rancho San Antonio, was the last battle fought in the U.S. Conquest of California. With the cession of California to the United States following the Mexican–American War , the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored.
Jose Ynes de la Luz Linares [20] 1,004 acres (406 ha) 88 SD Diamond Bar: Los Angeles: Punta de Quentin: 1840 Juan Alvarado: John B.R. Cooper: 8,878 acres (3,593 ha) 372 ND San Quentin: Marin: San Jose: 1840 Juan Alvarado: Ygnacio Pacheco 6,659 acres (2,695 ha) 40 ND Ignacio: Marin: Arroyo Seco: 1840 Juan Alvarado: Joaquín de la Torre: 16,523 ...
Rancho La Ciénega ó Paso de la Tijera: 1843 Vicente Sánchez Mexico 532 Tomás Sánchez 4,481.05 acres (1,813.42 ha) May 22, 1873: 436 Spanish; la ciénega meaning wetland, marsh, or muddy place; paso is pass or passage; la tijera apparently has several definitions: scissors, an X-shaped tool, a person who shears animals, and channel or drain
The school opened on August 14, 2012, in the Gateway Cities city of South Gate. [11] [12] [13] On January 8, 2016, the girls' basketball team of Legacy High School won against Palisades Charter High School with a score of 65-62 for the CIF Los Angeles City Section championship. [14]
Conejo Valley seen on a physiographical map of Ventura County. Conejo Valley is a 900-foot-high (270 m) valley. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] The area is bordered by the San Fernando Valley and the city of Los Angeles to the east, Simi Hills to the north, Las Posas Hills and the Santa Rosa Valley to the northwest, Conejo Mountain (also known as Conejo Hills ...