Rancho Tajauta was a 3,560-acre (14.4 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day Los Angeles County, California given in 1843 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Anastasio Avila.[1] The grant was named for the Gabrielino/Tongva place name of Tajáuta. The grant encompassed present-day Willowbrook and Watts.[2]
| Rancho La Tajauta | |
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 Rancho La Tajauta branding iron | |
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| Town/City | Los Angeles, CA (Watts) Los Angeles County |
| State | California |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 33°55′46″N 118°14′33″W / 33.92944°N 118.24250°W |
| Established | 1843 |
| Owner | Anastasio Avila |
| Area | 3,560 acres (14.4 km2) |
| Status | Limited public access |
History
editAnastasio Avila, one of the sons of Cornelio Avila, was alcalde of Los Angeles in 1819 – 1821, and granted one square league in 1843.
With the cession of California to the United States following the Mexican-American War, the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho La Tajauta was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1852,[3][4] and the grant was patented to Anastasio's son Enrique Avila in 1873.[5] Rancho Tajauta was surveyed in 1858 by Henry Hancock, deputy United States surveyor, and the survey approved in 1860.[6]
The legacy of Rancho Tajauta survives in the name Tajauta Avenue in the Compton/Carson area.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Ogden Hoffman, 1862, Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Numa Hubert, San Francisco
- ^ Diseño del Rancho Tajauta
- ^ United States. District Court (California : Southern District) Land Case 167 SD
- ^ Finding Aid to the Documents Pertaining to the Adjudication of Private Land Claims in California, circa 1852-1892
- ^ Report of the Surveyor General 1844 - 1886 Archived 2013-03-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ William Maxwell Evarts, 1869, In the matter of the survey of the Rancho "Tajauta " California