Rancho La Puente was a 17,740-acre (71.8 km2) Mexican land grant in present day Los Angeles County, California given by Governor Juan Alvarado in 1842 to John A. Rowland. The Rancho La Puente name comes from the bridge (puente) built over the San Jose Creek by Gaspar de Portolá's expedition during their trek from San Diego to Monterey in 1769. Today, the present communities of Avocado Heights, Bassett, Baldwin Park, San Dimas, Rowland Heights, Hacienda Heights, City of Industry, La Puente, Walnut, Covina, West Covina, and small sections of South El Monte and Irwindale are contained within the old boundaries of Rancho La Puente.[1][2][3]
History
William Workman and Rowland arrived from New Mexico in Southern California with the Workman-Rowland Party on November 5, 1841. Rancho La Puente was granted to John Rowland by Governor Juan Alvarado as a 17,740-acre (71.8 km2) rancho in 1842. The rancho was enlarged to 48,790 acres (197.4 km2) in 1845 when Governor Pio Pico named both John Rowland and William Workman as co-owners.[4][5]
A claim was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1852 and the grant was patented to John Rowland and William Workman in 1867.[6][7]
In 1868, John Rowland and William Workman divided Rancho La Puente, leaving Rowland the eastern half and Workman the western half.[8]
Historic sites of the Rancho
References
- ^ Diseño del Rancho La Puente
- ^ Map of old Spanish and Mexican ranchos in Los Angeles County
- ^ USGS GNIS: Rancho La Puente
- ^ Map of Rancho La Puente
- ^ Land, Labor, and Livestock: The Uses of the Puente Hills Region, 1769-1880
- ^ Report of the Surveyor General 1844 - 1886
- ^ United States. District Court (California : Southern District) Land Case 127 SD
- ^ Hoover, Mildred B.; Hero & Ethel Rensch, and William N. Abeloe (1966). Historic Spots in California. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0804744829.
- ^ The Adobes of Rancho La Puente
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