Whittier Narrows
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The Whittier Narrows is a narrows or water gap in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, California, United States, between the Puente Hills to the east and the Montebello Hills, part of the Re
Aerial view of Whittier Narrows Dam from downstream looking upstream through the gap.
View north of the Whittier Narrows Dam
Mission Vieja
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The Mission Vieja or Misión Vieja or the Old Mission was the first Spanish mission in the San Gabriel Valley. Mission Vieja was built in 1771 by what would become the fathers of the Mission San Gabrie
Whittier Narrows
…spring of water in the same gap, merits now the name of river; its plain is covered with willows and some slender cotton woods." From the exploration Mission Vieja was built at Whittier Narrows in 1771. A flood in 1776 caused Mission Vieja to move to Mission San Gabriel Arcángel in San Gabriel. Whittier Narrows…
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