Rancho La Cañada
Mexican land grant California
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Rancho La Cañada was a 5,832-acre (23.60 km2) Mexican land grant in the San Rafael Hills and Crescenta Valley, of present-day Los Angeles County, California, given in 1843 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to a Mexican schoolteacher from Los Angeles, Ygnacio Coronel.
The name means "ranch of the canyon". The rancho included the current day city of La Cañada Flintridge and community of La Crescenta-Montrose.
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La Cañada Flintridge, California
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Lanterman House
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