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Bassett is an
Joseph Workman, the son of William Workman, owned of the
In 1921, Mona Darkfeather, Josephine (Workman) Akley, the youngest child of Joseph Workman, won a lawsuit to recover an interest in the Rancho La Puente land that her father sold. However, the decision was reversed in 1922.
Map of old Spanish and Mexican ranchos in Los Angeles County
Bassett is an unincorporated community
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in the San Gabriel Valley
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, in Los Angeles County, California
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, United States
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, located within the Census-designated place
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s boundaries of Avocado Heights and West Puente Valley. Located in the San Gabriel Valley
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, the ZIP Code is 91746 and the community is inside area code 626
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History
Joseph Workman, the son of William Workman, owned of the Rancho La Puente
Rancho La Puente was a ranch in the southern San Gabriel Valley that measured just under , and remained intact from its establishment in the late 1700s as an outpost of Mission San Gabriel until about 1870. By modern landmarks, the ranch extended ...
land, and borrowed money on the property. He was not able to keep up the mortgage payments so the bank acquired the property. In 1895, O.T. Bassett bought the property and Bassett Township was established.History of Bassett UIn 1921, Mona Darkfeather, Josephine (Workman) Akley, the youngest child of Joseph Workman, won a lawsuit to recover an interest in the Rancho La Puente land that her father sold. However, the decision was reversed in 1922.
Education
Bassett Unified School District
The Bassett Unified School District is a California public unified school district based in the La Puente Valley of the eastern region of the San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
Governance
The district is gove ...
Bassett High School
Bassett High School is a comprehensive public high school in Bassett, Virginia, USA. The school currently enrolls about 1,200 students in grades 9–12. It is one of two public high schools operated by Henry County Schools.
Opened in 1978, the ...
Notable people
*Clyde Beck
Clyde Eugene "Jersey" Beck (January 6, 1900 - July 15, 1988) was a right-handed infielder in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds from 1926 to 1931.
Beck spent the first five seasons of his career with the Cubs. After ma ...
- (1900-1988) was a right-handed infielder in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds from 1926 to 1931.
See also
*List of Ranchos of California
These California land grants were made by Spanish (1784–1821) and Mexican (1822–1846) authorities of Las Californias and Alta California to private individuals before California became part of the United States of America.Shumway, Burgess M ...
*Ranchos of California
The Spanish and Mexican governments made many concessions and land grants in Alta California (now known as California) and Baja California from 1775 to 1846. The Spanish Concessions of land were made to retired soldiers as an inducement for ...
References
External links
Map of old Spanish and Mexican ranchos in Los Angeles County
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Communities in the San Gabriel Valley
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