La Verne, California
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La Verne is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 31,334 at the 2020 census.
Weymouth Treatment Plant
Bonita High School, c. 1900.
Aerial view of La Verne. Brackett Field is on the center left and Live Oak Reservoir is in the far right.
The Charles E. Straight House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Rancho San José (Palomares)
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Rancho San Jose was a 22,340-acre (90.4 km2) Mexican land grant in northeastern Los Angeles County given in 1837 by Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado to Ygnacio Palomares and Ricardo Véjar. Today, the communities of Pomona, LaVerne, San Dimas, Diamond Bar, Azusa, Covina, Walnut, Glendora, and Claremont are located in whole or part on land that was once part of the Rancho San Jose.
1850 portrait of Ygnacio Palomares
Ricardo Véjar.