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They made their way to Los Angeles and probably received their land before September. [22] The official date for the founding of the city is September 4, 1781. [23] The families had arrived from New Spain earlier in 1781, in two groups, and some of them had most likely been working on their assigned plots of land since the early summer. [24]
Heaven's Gate was an American new religious movement known primarily for the mass suicides committed by its members in 1997. Commonly designated a cult, it was founded in 1974 and led by Bonnie Nettles (1927–1985) and Marshall Applewhite (1931–1997), known within the movement as Ti and Do, respectively. Nettles and Applewhite first met in ...
Chavez Ravine was named for Julian Chavez ( né Julián A. Chávez), the first recorded owner of the ravine. [6] He was born in New Mexico and moved to Los Angeles in the early 1830s. He quickly became a local leader. In 1844, Chavez purchased 83 acres (34 ha) of the long, narrow valley northwest of the city. There are no records of what Chavez ...
The Los Angeles Aqueduct system, comprising the Los Angeles Aqueduct ( Owens Valley aqueduct) and the Second Los Angeles Aqueduct, is a water conveyance system, built and operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. [6] The Owens Valley aqueduct was designed and built by the city's water department, at the time named The Bureau of ...
The California Water Wars were a series of political conflicts between the city of Los Angeles and farmers and ranchers in the Owens Valley of Eastern California over water rights . As Los Angeles expanded during the late 19th century, it began outgrowing its water supply. Fred Eaton, mayor of Los Angeles, promoted a plan to take water from ...
present. ( present) Lost LA is a public television historical documentary series that explores Southern California 's hidden past through documents, photos, and other rare artifacts from the region's libraries and archives. Hosted by writer and historian Nathan Masters, [1] each episode of Lost LA brings the primary sources of Los Angeles ...
When Stockton's forces entered Los Angeles unresisted on August 13, 1846, the nearly bloodless conquest of California seemed complete. Stockton left too small a force (36 men) in Los Angeles, and the Californians, acting on their own and without help from Mexico, led by José María Flores, forced the small American garrison to retire in late ...
The Los Angeles River ( Spanish: Río de Los Ángeles ), historically known as Paayme Paxaayt 'West River' by the Tongva and the Río Porciúncula 'Porciúncula River' by the Spanish, is a major river in Los Angeles County, California. Its headwaters are in the Simi Hills and Santa Susana Mountains, and it flows nearly 51 miles (82 km) from ...