Rancho Cahuenga was a

Mexican land grant 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 ...

in the

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, in present-day

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given in 1843 by governor

Manuel Micheltorena Joseph Manuel María Joaquin Micheltorena y Llano (8 June 1804 – 7 September 1853) was a brigadier general of the Mexican Army, adjutant-general of the same, governor, commandant-general and inspector of the department of Las Californias, then ...

to José Miguel Triunfo. Rancho Cahuenga is now a part of the city of Burbank, with the

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channel running through it. Rancho Cahuenga is often confused with the nearby Campo de Cahuenga, near what is now Universal City, where in 1847 the Articles of Capitulation were signed, ending the

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History

Jose Miguel Triunfo was an ex- San Fernando Mission Indian born around 1810. He had been granted Rancho Cahuenga by Mexican Governor Micheltorena in 1843 for services performed at the Mission. Jose Miguel Triunfo was one of the few Indians that were able to obtain and keep property. Miguel and his wife, Maria Rafaela (Canedo) Arriola can be found in the 1850 census of Los Angeles. In 1845, Triunfo traded the Rancho Cahuenga for the

Rancho Tujunga Rancho Tujunga was a Mexican land grant in the western Crescenta Valley and northeastern San Fernando Valley, in present-day Los Angeles County, California. It was granted in 1840 by Mexican governor Juan Alvarado to Francisco Lopez and Pedro ...

owned brothers Pedro Lopez and Francisco Lopez. With the

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of California to the United States following the

, 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 Cahuenga was filed with the

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in 1852, and the Rancho Cahuenga grant was

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to David W. Alexander and

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in 1872. Report of the Surveyor General 1844 - 1886
Rancho Cahuenga was an inholding within the

Rancho Providencia Rancho La Providencia was a Mexican land grant in present-day Los Angeles County, California given by governor Juan B. Alvarado in 1843 to Vincente de la Osa. The majority of Rancho Providencia land north of the modern channel of the Los Angeles ...

land grant. In 1867, Alexander sold Rancho Cahuenga to

David Burbank David Burbank (December 17, 1821 – January 21, 1895) was an American dentist and real estate investor. He became a founder and the namesake of Burbank, California. Early life Burbank was born on December 17, 1821, in Effingham, New Hampshire ...

, who had also acquired Rancho Providencia.

References

External links

Map of old Spanish and Mexican ranchos in Los Angeles County
{{California history Cahuenga Cahuenga History of the San Fernando Valley History of Los Angeles Cahuenga Burbank, California Toluca Lake, Los Angeles Universal City, California

History

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