![]() Local leaders traveled from their villages across Southern California to confer under the shade of the tree's canopy. As it matured, the sycamore - located at the juncture of the Los Angeles coastal plain and the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys - became a gathering place for Los Angeles' indigenous Tongva people. When early settlers arrived at the Los Angeles River by way of Mission Road, they picked as a nearby gathering point a huge sycamore (upper right-center of photo) that gave them shelter and became a landmark, "El Aliso." That Spanish word for sycamore was later used to name the road carved out near the river (Aliso Street in 1854).^*^Įl Aliso (upper center-right of photo) sprang from the ground near the western bank of the Los Angeles River in the late fifteenth century, about the same time Columbus arrived in the Americas. The current Plaza dates from as early as 1815.^^^# It’s also thought that at least one of the first three was washed away in a flood. One of the earlier plots is believed to be around where the current Pershing Square sits. It is the second, third, or maybe even the fourth. The site of the Plaza today is not the original location. The reservoir was built in 1858 by the LA Water Works Company. There is a square main brick reservoir in the middle of the Plaza, which was the terminus of the town's historic lifeline: the Zanja Madre ('Mother Ditch'). 1858)* - This is the earliest known close-up photograph of the Los Angeles Plaza. The map is based on the 1849 Ord Survey.Ĭlick HERE to see more in an Interactive Map of Early Los Angeles as it appeared in 1850. The Old Plaza Church is seen in upper left. 1850)^** - Photo of a sketch showing the LA Plaza and surounding area as it appeared in 1850. By 1850, Los Angeles' population reached 1,610. California’s first discovery of gold a year later (1842) at Placerita Canyon, near Mission San Fernando, prompted LA’s first population boom. In 1841, Los Angeles’ first census shows a population of 141. They were originally led by Fernando Javier Rivera y Moncada (1725-1781), and accompanied by a contingent of soldiers who had set out from the nearby Mission San Gabriel Arcángel to establish a pueblo along the banks of the Porciúncula River at the Indian village of Yangna.*^ Nuestra Señora Reina de los Angeles was founded on Septemby a group of Spanish pobladeros (settlers), consisting of 11 families – 44 men, women and children. The City of Los Angeles originated right here. Picture file card also reads "Prepared for the Los Angeles Times Anniversary 1931?". Note: Picture file card identifies the above image as a diorama of the Pueblo Los Angeles as it appeared in 1850 as designed by J. The large dark spot in the lower-right of the photo is El Aliso, the historic landmark of the indigenous Tongva people who once lived in the Indian Village of Yangna at that location, adjacent to the Los Angeles River. Vineyards blanket the area between the City and the L.A. The tall majestic San Gabriel Mountains stand in the far background. At that point the Arroyo Seco can be seen at its confluence with the LA River. River can be seen running from the lower-right diagonally to the center of the photo, turns left and disappears behind the mountain. Alameda Street runs from the lower right corner diagonally toward the lower center of photo. The two streets running from bottom of photo to the Plaza are Main Street on the left and Los Angeles Street on the right. The large white structure to the left of the Plaza is the Old Plaza Church. Looking northeast, the layout of the new city can clearly be seen with the Los Angeles Plaza located in the lower left-center. View showing a model of Los Angeles as it appeared in 1850. ![]()
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