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Rancho San Rafael was a 36,403-acre (147.32 km 2) Spanish land grant in the San Rafael Hills, bordering the Los Angeles River and the Arroyo Seco in present-day Los Angeles County, southern California, given in 1784 to Jose Maria Verdugo.
Rancho Cucamonga: San Bernardino: El Rincon: 1839 Juan Alvarado: Juan Bandini: 4,431 acres (1,793 ha) 297 SD Prado Regional Park: San Bernardino, Riverside: San Pedro: 1839 Juan Alvarado: Francisco Sanchez: 8,926 acres (3,612 ha) 82 ND Pacifica: San Mateo: San Gregorio: 1839 Juan Alvarado: Antonio Buelna 17,783 acres (7,197 ha) 88 ND, 89 ND San ...
The San Rafael Ranch includes 18,500 deeded acres and a grazing preference established in 1999 on the natural area held by Arizona State Parks. In 2008, the ranch headquarters was designated a National Historic District, but it is currently not open to the public.
Rancho San Rafael: 1784 José María Verdugo: Spain Julio Verdugo, et al. 36,403.32 acres (14,731.90 ha) January 28, 1882: 423 Named for figure of religious significance; Raphael, an archangel: Rancho La Zanja (la zanja was a local form of irrigation canal), Hahaonuput, Arroyo Hondo Los Angeles Case no. 381, Southern District of California
View of Eagle Rock, 1900 Occidental College, founded in 1887, moved to Eagle Rock in 1914. The Spanish Colonial Revival style Eagle Rock City Hall, built in 1923.. Before the arrival of European settlers, the secluded valley below the San Rafael Hills that is roughly congruent to Eagle Rock's present boundaries was inhabited by the Tongva people, whose staple food was the acorns from the ...
The San Rafael Hills contain all or parts of the communities of City Terrace, La Cañada Flintridge, Pasadena, South Pasadena, El Sereno, Monterey Hills, Montecito Heights, Cypress Park, Mount Washington, Glassell Park and foothills surrounding Eagle Rock, east of the Glendale Freeway including Rancho San Rafael and Chevy Chase Canyon in Glendale.
The Wilbur D. May Center is an attraction located in Rancho San Rafael Regional Park at 1595 North Sierra, Reno, Nevada. The facility comprises the Wilbur D. May Museum and the Wilbur D. May Arboretum and Botanical Garden. Previously, it also included the Great Basin Adventure, a children's park.
San Encino Abbey, built in 1915. The area was settled thousands of years ago by Paleo-Indians, and would later be settled by the Kizh. [4] After the founding of Los Angeles in 1781, the Corporal of the Guard at the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, Jose Maria Verdugo, was granted the 36,403 acre Rancho San Rafael which included present day Highland Park.