Rancho Tujunga was a 6,661-acre (26.96 km2) Mexican land grant in present day Los Angeles County, California given in 1840 by Mexican governor Juan Alvarado to Francisco Lopez and Pedro Lopez. The rancho lands include the Los Angeles communities of Sunland and Tujunga.[1][2]
History
The Mexican government made the land grant to brothers Francisco and Pedro Lopez in 1840. Francisco Lopez is the individual who discovered gold in Placerita Canyon in 1842.
In 1845 the Lopez brothers traded the 6,661-acre (26.96 km2) Rancho Tujunga for the 388-acre (1.57 km2) Rancho Cahuenga owned by Miguel Triunfo, an Indian who had been employed at San Fernando Mission. In 1850, Triunfo sold a half-interest in Rancho Tujunga back to Francisco Lopez, and sold the other half-interest to Los Angeles merchants David W. Alexander and Francis Mellus. In 1851, Francisco Lopez sold his half-interest to Agustin Olvera.[3][4]
A claim was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1852 and the grant for Rancho Tujunga was patented to Alexander, Mellus and Olvera in 1874.[5][6]
Alexander and Mellus sold their half-interest to Olvera in 1856. In 1875, Olvera sold Rancho Tujunga to Andrew Glassell. There was further legal dispute about the boundaries in 1888.[7]
Historic sites of the Rancho
- Bolton Hall. Bolton Hall was constructed in 1913 and declared Historic Cultural Monument #2 in 1962 by the City of Los Angeles.
- Adobe house. Adobe house on the Rancho Tujunga property, circa 1956
References
- ^ Diseño del Rancho Tujunga
- ^ Map of old Spanish and Mexican ranchos in Los Angeles County
- ^ Sarah R. Lombard, 1990, Rancho Tujunga: A History of Sundland-Tujunga, California. Sunland, CA, Sunland Woman's Club
- ^ Marlene A. Hitt, 2002,Sunland and Tujunga: From Village to City, Arcadia Publishing, ISBN: 9780738523774
- ^ Report of the Surveyor General 1844 - 1886
- ^ United States. District Court (California : Southern District) 52 SD
- ^ Hughes v Cawthorn
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