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Rancho Los Encinos (also Rancho El Encino and Rancho Encino) was a Spanish grazing concession, [2] and later Mexican land granted cattle and sheep rancho and travelers way-station on the El Camino Real in the San Fernando Valley, in present-day Encino, Los Angeles County, California.
Vicente de la Osa (January 6, 1808 – July 20, 1861), baptized Jose Vicente de los Reyes de la Ossa, was a Californio city official, tavern owner, and cattle rancher who owned Rancho Providencia and Rancho Los Encinos in what is now the San Fernando Valley area of Southern California in the United States.
Rancho El Encino mapped in 1871, before the spring water reservoirs were constructed, showing groves of encinos (), guatamotes (), and the overland stage road. In August 1769, an expedition led by Gaspar de Portola came upon a grove of oak trees (Spanish: encinos) which they named El Valle de la Catalina de Bononia de los Encinos.
This property he also called Rancho Encino (also recorded as El Encino and Los Encinos). [15] Mission San Fernando Rey de España was founded at Reyes's original rancho site on September 8, 1797, by Father Fermín Lasuén. The mission's grazing lands extended over the flatlands of the valley, and it also claimed jurisdiction over several ...
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Spanish; el encino is oak; California has 20 native species of oak tree [20] Rancho El Encino Los Angeles Case no. 392, Southern District of California: Rancho El Escorpión: 1845 Odón Chihuya, Urbano Chari, Manuel [21] Mexico 01.5 (1 1 ⁄ 2 Spanish leagues) 461 Odón Chihuya, Urbano Chari, Manuel 1,109.65 acres (449.06 ha) December 11, 1876: 409
Los Encinos State Historic Park fountain "Encino Hot Springs" Los Angeles Evening Express, September 22, 1923. The Encino Springs are historic artesian springs that were the site of the Siutcanga village of the Tongva-Kizh people, and later provided water for Rancho Los Encinos in what is now the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles County, California.
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