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Map of Stearns Rancho and other ranchos in Los Angeles County

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Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: after 1900.
Call number: mssHM 84439
Provenance: Provenance unknown. Transferred from Rare Books Department, December 1949.
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Map of a portion of Los Angeles County showing the Abel Stearns Ranchos

Rare Books

Alfred Robinson was the trustee for the Los Angeles and San Bernardino Land Office in San Francisco presiding over the break up of the Abel Stearns lands in current Los Angeles and Orange counties. This map is from H.E.H. offices and was exhibited in the "Los Angeles: exhibit of 1937." Note included with map. Many MS notes on this map. "5 Ranchos 200 square miles in blocks of 1 mile square with road on each side. For sale in sections or fractions by Alfred Robinson Trustee at the Los Angeles & San Bernardino Land Office 542 Market St. corner of Montgomery St. San Francisco or apply to the Agency Los Angeles or Anaheim. Edition May 1873." Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: L3/24 Sticker: 152723.

152723

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Map of a portion of Los Angeles County showing the Abel Stearns Ranchos

Rare Books

Alfred Robinson is the trustee for the Los Angeles and San Bernardino Land Office in San Francisco presiding over the breakup of the Abel Stearns lands in current Los Angeles and Orange counties. Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 219201.

219201

Map of the Ranchos Belonging to Abel Stearns in the Counties of Los Angeles, San Bernardino

Manuscripts

Showing surface details, structures, acreage, San Gabriel River; Stearns' parcels outlined in color. Alt title supplied by cataloger.

mssSolano SR_Box_32(27).04

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Los Angeles - county map with ranchos

Manuscripts

Nine maps documenting properties in Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego counties in the late nineteenth century and first half of the twentieth century. Includes maps of Southern California ranchos, a flood control map, and various survey and tract maps. Maps of Los Angeles area ranchos and Rancho Los Feliz were surveyed by former Los Angeles City Engineer George C. Hansen.

mssHanson

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Map of the properties of the Stearns Rancho Company in Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino Counties California

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No old shelf mark. The verso explains these lands are for sale, some 80,000 acres. Mention of Orange County puts the date later than 1889. Based on listings in early San Francisco directories [see RB ****], the Stearns Ranchos Company office moved from the Phelan Building to the Mills Building in 1893. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Sales information on this property partially missing. MS note: S8 Stickers: No. 4.

ephMPCALIF0131

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Map of Rancho Alamitos in Los Angeles County

Manuscripts

Administrative Series contains records relating to various facilitative operations within the Alamitos Land Company, including, but not limit to, account books, annual reports, appraisals, articles of incorporation, audits, balance sheets, bylaws, correspondence, financial records, financial statements, inventories, ledgers, legal documents, minutes, stock certificates, and titles (property rights). This series is organized alphabetically. A small number of oversize administrative records are stored under the Oversize Series. Commercial Properties Series include a wide-ranging type of records relating to the company's commercial and industrial portfolio. As per the original order, records are grouped under the headings of their respective commercial properties or projects, which include, but not limit to, Alamitos Beach Townsites, Alamitos Tract, Bixby Center, Bixby Ridge, Brawley Beef Packing Plant, Brawley Steam Wells, Firebaugh, Geothermal, Hathaway Apartments, Hathaway Business Park, The Knolls, Long Beach Tidelands, Luckey Ranch, Palo Verde and Spring Retail, Paramount Business Park, Recreation Park, Reservoir Hill, Rosemead Flair Business Park, Signal Hill East Unit, Tract 10548, U.S. Navy Depot, and the Willows Office Building. All commercial properties and projects were located within the State of California. This series is organized alphabetically.

mssAlamitos

Map of Stearns Rancho and other ranchos in Los Angeles County

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