Rancho La Puente was a ranch in the southern San Gabriel Valley that measured just under 49,000 acres (200 km2), and remained intact from its establishment...

and what is now the city of La Puente became part of Rancho La Puente, established as a mission outpost and ranch. The rancho was visited by the Jedediah...

(197 km2). A portion of Rancho La Puente later was developed as the city of La Puente. Workman occupied the western portions of the rancho and built an adobe...

from Mexico with John Rowland and others, received a land grant for Rancho La Puente from the governor of Alta California, Juan Bautista Alvarado. The ranch...

people for 5,000 to 8,000 years. In the 18th century it became part of Rancho La Puente in Alta California, a 1770s Spanish colonial and 1842 Mexican land...

comprised several of the old ranchos in the El Monte area, including Rancho Potrero Grande, Rancho La Puente and Rancho La Merced. (This area presently...

Heights and Walnut due to their proximity. The Mexican land grant Rancho La Puente was granted by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to John Rowland in April 1842...

of the 11,740-acre (48 km2) Rancho La Puente. Possibly with the grant preliminarily secured, Workman remained at La Puente while Rowland returned to New...

Rancho Rincon de la Puente del Monte was a 15,219-acre (61.59 km2) Mexican land grant in the Salinas Valley, in present-day Monterey County, California...

child of Joseph Workman, won a lawsuit to recover an interest in the Rancho La Puente land that her father sold. However, the decision was reversed in 1922...

and Ygnacio Palomares in 1837); Rancho Los Nogales (granted to Jose De La Cruz Linares in 1840); and Rancho La Puente (granted to John Rowland and William...

Julian Workman is the baptismal name of William Workman, co-owner of Rancho La Puente and a personal friend of Pio Pico. Later in 1846, acting in his capacity...

Workman whom had great success in the Los Angeles area, before moving to Rancho La Puente. School opened at the beginning of the 1967–68 school year. 1969, James...

California Governor Juan Alvarado of Rancho La Puente, Rancho Azusa de Dalton, Rancho Azusa de Duarte, and Rancho San Francisquito. The families of Gregorio...

Dominguez (Hills, Channel, Rancho, CSUDH), Duarte, Encino, La Brea Ave., La Cañada Flintridge, La Cienega Blvd., La Puente, La Tijera Blvd., Las Virgenes...

missions in the 1830s, including: Rancho Santa Ana del Chino Rancho La Puente San Bernardino de Sena Estancia Rancho Santa Anita In 1816, the Mission built...

Rancho La Habra (also called "Rancho Cañada de La Habra") was a 6,698-acre (27.11 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day Los Angeles County and Orange...

within Alta California of the Mexican Republic. He bought part of the Rancho La Puente and built an adobe house in 1842. It was enlarged over the years and...

(1799–1876), deeded 814 acres (3.29 km2) of land, a portion of the Rancho La Puente, to his son, Joseph M. Workman. Through this deed, the land would go...

South El Monte sits on land that was originally part of Rancho La Puente, a Mexican era rancho grant....

Gabriel Mission. It eventually became part of the Rancho Azusa de Dalton and the Rancho La Puente properties. The community became known as Vineland...

Puente Hills and founded the Puente Oil Company, one of the oldest such endeavors in California. Rowland was born on November 11, 1846, at Rancho La Puente...

population. Hacienda Heights sits on land that was originally part of Rancho La Puente. During Spanish rule, the land around Hacienda Heights was operated...

Baker block in Los Angeles. Baker owned, through his wife, Rancho La Puente and Rancho La Laguna and had other large business interests. He is interred...

Conquianes, Colonia los Remedios, Rancho la Puente, Granja Liberacos Uno, El Colorado, El Monte, Jagüeycillos, Rancho ZR, La Cruz, San Miguel Axalco Chico...

referred to as "John Roland" in the land grant records, was a grantee of Rancho La Puente. He sold his shares to Naglee, McDermott and Patterson. The grant was...

polluting industries in what became the City of Industry, as well as the Puente Hills Landfill, suppressed property values throughout the post-World War...

that Workman would build a lighthouse on it. Workman was co-owner of Rancho La Puente and personal friend of Pio Pico. Later in 1846, acting in his capacity...

and "Rancho de los Ybarras". The rancho was situated in present day unincorporated Los Angeles County: east of Rowland Heights, south of La Puente, west...

School, La Puente Bishop Montgomery High School, Torrance Cantwell-Sacred Heart of Mary High School, Montebello Damien High School (boys), La Verne, previously...