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A 1859 Map of Rancho De Los Palos Verdes . Rancho de los Palos Verdes was a 31,629-acre (128.00 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Los Angeles County, California given in 1846 by Governor Pío Pico to José Loreto and Juan Capistrano Sepulveda. [1] The name means "Ranch of the Green Trees".
In 1846, Rancho de los Palos Verdes was separated from Rancho San Pedro and granted to brothers José Loreto Sepúlveda (pictured) and Juan Capistrano Sepúlveda. In 1846, José Dolores Sepúlveda and José Loreto received a Mexican land grant from Alta California Governor Pío Pico for a parcel from the huge original 1784 Spanish land grant of ...
Los Angeles Rancho de los Palos Verdes: 1827 José L. Sepúlveda: Mexico 565 José L. Sepúlveda, et al. 31,629.43 acres (12,799.98 ha) June 22, 1880: 439 Spanish; el palo is a wooden stick; verde is green en Español: Rancho de Los Palos Colorados Los Angeles Rancho Paso de Bartolo Viejo: 1835 Juan Crispin Perez Mexico 02 (2 Spanish leagues) 061
He purchased the 16,000 acre Rancho de los Palos Verdes from Jotham Bixby in 1913. In 1916, he built the Vanderlip estates near the Portuguese Bend area of Palos Verdes, California. His daughter-in-law Elin Vanderlip maintained residence at the estate until her death in 2009 and her husband's ashes are spread on the grounds.
A decades-long landslide has reshaped a 240-acre part of Palos Verdes Peninsula known as Portuguese Bend. Rancho Palos Verdes is mounting a plan to slow it.
In 1846, Rancho de los Palos Verdes was separated from Rancho San Pedro and granted to José Loreto Sepúlveda (shown) and Juan Capistrano Sepúlveda. Palos Verdes Estates was established as a planned community in 1923, with 3,200 acres (1,300 ha) carved out of the former Rancho Palos Verdes property of over 16,000 acres (6,500 ha).
Trump bought his cliffside golf course in Rancho Palos Verdes after the 18th hole fell into the ocean. ... Two newly built cul-de-sacs lead to empty, graded lots, where Trump's company is actively ...
Community leader Gordon Leon stands near a growing fissure near a road in the Abalone Cove neighborhood in the Portuguese Bend area of Rancho Palos Verdes on May 29. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles ...