Museum: Zanjeros Before L.A.: Race, Space, and Municipal Power in Los Angeles, 1781-1894 Anton, Mike (2008-03-14). "A way of life drying up". Los Angeles Times...
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unseated for three months and replaced with Marchesseault, who as Zanjero of Los Angeles was considered more important than the mayor. Aguilar was reinstated...
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of Los Angeles began in 1781 when 44 settlers from central New Spain (modern Mexico) established a permanent settlement in what is now Downtown Los Angeles...
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Zanja (category Economy of the Southwestern United States)
Zanja Zanjero of Los Angeles Rancho Sanjon de los Moquelumnes Hoffman, Abraham; Stern, Teena (2007). "The Zanjas and the Pioneer Water Systems for Los Angeles"...
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Damien Marchesseault (category Mayors of Los Angeles)
Canyon near Mount San Antonio.[citation needed] During his term as Zanjero of Los Angeles (water steward), Marchesseault and a partner laid wooden water pipes...
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Zanja Madre (category History of Los Angeles)
was maintained by the Zanjero of Los Angeles. The Pueblo de Los Angeles was an official settlement of Spain. They had three types of settlements in Alta...
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Manuel F. Coronel (category Members of the California State Assembly)
California State Assembly and as the first official Zanjero of Los Angeles (water steward). served as a member of the 1869–1871 California State Assembly, representing...
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Cristobal Aguilar (category Mayors of Los Angeles)
middle of his first term and replaced by Damien Marchesseault. During that time he served as Zanjero of Los Angeles (water steward). With Los Angeles being...
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H. C. Cardwell (category Year of birth uncertain)
in California who served in the Mexican–American War, served as Zanjero of Los Angeles, was a major contributor to early California business and agriculture...
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St. Francis Dam (category History of Los Angeles)
growing water needs of the city of Los Angeles, creating a large regulating and storage reservoir that was an integral part of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. It was...
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Octavius D. Gass (category People from Los Angeles)
and deal with different cultures resulted in Gass being appointed Zanjero of Los Angeles (water steward) for a time. In addition to his official duties,...
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Antonio F. Coronel (category Mayors of Los Angeles)
Mariana W. de Coronel. His brother, Manuel F. Coronel, was the first Zanjero of Los Angeles. He had a sister, Maria Antonio Coronel, who married Alexis Godey...
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William Mulholland (category History of Los Angeles)
de Los Angeles in a large open ditch, the Zanja Madre. The man who tended the ditch was known as a zanjero. In 1880, Mulholland oversaw the laying of the...
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Thomas J. Cuddy (category Chiefs of the Los Angeles Police Department)
term for contempt of court. Cuddy began his career with the city as an assistant Zanjero of Los Angeles, working on the Los Angeles water system. Police...
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