Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas was a

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in present day

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given to María Rita Quinteros Valdez de Villa in 1838. Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas (Ranch of the Gathering Waters), is named for the streams that emptied into the area from out of the canyons of the

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above it, the Cañada de las Aguas Frias (Glen of the Cold Waters, now

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) and Cañada de los Encinos (Glen of the Green Oaks, now

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History

Maria Rita Valdez was a granddaughter of Luis Quintero one of the original settlers of

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. Maria was married to Spanish colonial soldier, Vicente Fernando Villa (–1841). With the

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of California to the United States following the

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, the 1848

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provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas was filed with the

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in 1852, and the grant was

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to Maria Rita Valdez at in 1871. The rancho was sold in 1854 to Benjamin D. Wilson and Major

Henry Hancock Henry Hancock (April 11, 1822January 9, 1883) was a Harvard trained lawyer and a land surveyor working in California in the 1850s. He was the owner of Rancho La Brea, which included the La Brea Tar Pits. Early life Henry Hancock was born in Bat ...

. Hancock later sold his share to William Workman. In 1868 Edward Preuss, purchased over for the development of a city to be known as the "Town of Santa Maria". Lots were platted of about five acres each, but dry weather came and the land reverted to the sheep. The land next passed into the hands of

Henry Hammel and Andrew H. Denker Andrew Henry Denker (October 17, 1840 – November 13, 1892) was a German-born American businessman and politician was a business parter of Henry Hammel. He and Hammel, his brother-in-law, ran hotels and owned an extensive spread of agricultural ...

, owners of the United States Hotel at Main and Market Streets in Los Angeles, and became "one vast field of lima beans", supplying the culinary needs of the owners' Hotel. The bean fields survived until 1900 when the land was sold to Burton E. Green of the Amalgamated Oil Company for oil development. After drilling many unproductive wells, they reorganized as the Rodeo Land and Water Company in 1906.History of Beverly Hills
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I think Mariá Rita Quinteros Valdez de Villa was painted by Ignacio Maria Barreda 18 century

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Exterior view of an adobe on the Hammel and Denker ranch, formerly Rancho Rodeo de Las Aguas in Beverly Hills, 1920
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