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Rancho La Ciénega ó Paso De La Tijera
Rancho La Ciénega ó Paso de la Tijera was a Ranchos of California, Mexican land grant in present day Los Angeles County, California given in 1843 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Vicente Sánchez. "La Cienega" is derived from the Spanish word ''ciénega'', which means swamp or marshland and refers to the natural spring (hydrosphere), springs and wetlands in the area between Beverly Hills, California, Beverly Hills and Park La Brea, Los Angeles, Park La Brea and the Baldwin Hills (mountain range), Baldwin Hills range. ''"Paso de la Tijera"'' appears in maps where a path crosses a stream, at today's intersection of Crenshaw Blvd. and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Some sources say the term means "Pass of the Scissors" and was used by Spanish settlers to describe a pass through the Baldwin Hills which resembled an open pair of scissors, though another (Marinacci) says that "tijera" almost always means "drainage ditch" in old land descriptions. The Los Angeles River historicall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diseño Del Rancho La Ciénega ó Paso De La Tijera (Los Angeles County, California)
A ''diseño'' is a hand-drawn map of a Spanish or Mexico land grant that was submitted to the U.S. government indicating the extent of a land grant as understood by the grantees. An ''expediente'' is a written description of the grant. These documents were used during the U.S. land-patent process that began when Mexican Alta California became the U.S. state of California in 1850. ''Diseños'' are distinct from later maps produced by U.S. surveyors within the extant American Public Land Survey System, rectangular survey system. ''Diseños'' may have missing or poorly described coastal features because cattlemen who ran the ranchos generally did not make use of the shoreline or own boats. File:Diseño de Rancho San Pedro Los Angeles California Dominguez 1843.jpg, This ''diseño'' of Rancho de Los Palos Verdes, originally part of Rancho San Pedro, was submitted to the U.S. General Land Office in 1852 File:Diseño Del Rancho Los Alamitos 1852 Los Cerritos Santa Gertrudis Coyotes Sié ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |