Alta California
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Alta California, also known as Nueva California among other names, was a province of New Spain formally established in 1804. Along with the Baja California peninsula, it had previously comprised the p
Misión de Nuestra Señora de Loreto Conchó was the first mission established in the Californias (present-day Loreto, Mexico) in 1697.
Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, established in 1770, was the headquarters of the Californian mission system from 1797 until 1833.
Mexico in 1838. From Britannica 7th edition.
Pueblo de Los Ángeles
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El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula, shortened to the Pueblo de los Ángeles, was the Spanish civilian pueblo settled in 1781 which became the modern American met
La Plaza, as seen from the Pico House, c. 1869. The "Old Plaza Church" is to the left, the brick reservoir on the right, and in the center of the plaza, was the original terminus of the Zanja Madre aqueduct.
Monument commemorating origin of Pueblo de Los Angeles
People gather in the original Plaza in front of the "Old Plaza Church", circa 1890–1900.
Historical monument marker