Water and Power Associates Early Views of the San Fernando Valley. Historical Photos of the San Fernando Valley  San Fernando Valley Historical Background. The Tongva, Tataviam (north), and Chumash (west) Indians had lived and thrived in the Valley and its arroyos for over 8,0. They had numerous settlements, and trading and hunting camps, before the Spanish arrived and took their homeland in 1. Mission San Fernando Rey de Espa. It was given to Juan Francisco Reyes who built an adobe dwelling beside a Tongva village at a natural spring. Mission San Fernando Rey de Espa.

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The land trade granted Juan Francisco Reyes was similarly named Rancho Los Encinos, and was also located besides springs at the present day location of Los Encinos State Historic Park in Encino. Later the Mexican land grants of Rancho El Escorpi. It was the seventeenth mission built in Alto California. It was built in a quadrangle, similar to other missions, in which the church makes up one corner. The Convento stands apart from the quadrangle.* Historical Notes. In 1. 82. 1, after the successful Mexican War of Independence from Spain, the Mission San Fernando became part of Alta California, Mexico.

In 1. 83. 4, the Mexican government began redistributing the mission lands. In 1. 84. 6, the Mexican land grant for Rancho Ex- Mission San Fernando was issued by Governor P. It was bounded on the north by Rancho San Francisco and the Santa Susana Mountains, on the west by the Simi Hills, on the east by Rancho Tujunga, and on the south by the Monta. The grant derives its name from the secularized Mission San Fernando Rey de Espa. The grant encompassed most of the present day San Fernando Valley.*^ San Fernando Mission. Historical Notes.

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In 1. 87. 4, after the death of Eulogio de Celis, the family sold their northern half of Rancho Ex- Mission San Fernando to northern Californians, California State Senator Charles Maclay and his partners George K. Porter, a San Francisco shoe manufacturer, and his cousin Benjamin F. The Porters’ land was west of present day Sepulveda Boulevard including most of Chatsworth, and the Maclay land was east of Sepulveda Boulevard. Roscoe Boulevard was the border on the south, with a syndicate led by Isaac Lankershim acquiring the southern half of the Valley.*^ Historical Notes. Construction of the arched Convento Building began in 1. It took 1. 3 years to construct and was completed in 1. Most noted for its 2.

Roman arches, it is the largest two- story adobe structure in California. From 1. 85. 7 to 1. By 1. 88. 8, the hospice was used as a warehouse and stable, and in 1. In 1. 89. 6, Charles Fletcher Lummis began a campaign to reclaim the property, and conditions improved.*Click HERE to see more in Early Views of the San Fernando Mission. Rancho Los Encinos. Historical Notes. Because of its water supply from a natural spring, the Franciscan padres used Encino as their headquarters while exploring the valley before establishing Mission San Fernando in 1.

In 1. 84. 9 Vincente de la Osa built an adobe with nine rooms on Rancho Los Encinos. Twenty years later (1.

Eugene Garnier bought Rancho Los Encinos and, in 1. French Provincial two- story limestone house adjacent to the existing adobe.

He was a French Basque and the house was similar to those in his homeland.#^The Garniers were energetic builders, and added much to the Rancho. They built a stone- lined pond, in the shape of a Spanish guitar at the site of the spring; they built a two story limestone building to serve as a bunkhouse and they built a roadhouse across the road (Ventura Blvd.) which became the focal point of the local Basque community. Historical Notes.

The name of the rancho comes from the original designation of the San Fernando Valley by the Portola expedition of 1. After his death in 1.

John and Peter Amestoy, assumed ranch operations and changed the name to Amestoy ranch. Like other ranches in the San Fernando Valley at the time, the Amestoys cultivated wheat and barley. The Amestoy family held title to rancho for fifty- five years. Prior to purchasing the Rancho Los Encinos, Domingo Amestoy was a successful banker and one of the original founders to provide the financing for the Farmers and Merchants Bank in Los Angeles in 1. Amestoy Avenue in the San Fernando Valley was named in honor of Domingo Amestoy.

Louise Avenue was named after Louise Amestoy, a daughter of Domningo and Marie Amestoy.*^*^* Historical Notes. In 1. 91. 6, 1,1. Rancho Los Encinos. This parcel was subdivided and became the city of Encino.*The Amestoys held on to 1. Historical Notes.

In 1. 94. 9, through the efforts of Mary Stuart in mobilizing the local community to save the buildings from developers, the last remaining parcel of land, containing the De La Osa adobe, Garnier House and spring were purchased by the State of California, and the Los Encinos State Historic Park was created.*^*^* Historical Notes. Los Encinos State Park is listed on the National Register of Historic Places: NPS- 7.

California Historical Landmark No. Click HERE to see complete listing). Historical Notes. Today, a Visitors' Center is located in the Garnier Building and is open for self- guided tours. Monte Vista Hotel.

Historical Notes. Monte Vista Hotel, built in 1. The hotel had a lobby, dining room and bedrooms each adorned with a private fireplace, fancy artwork and furniture imported from around the world. A French chef served guests exquisite cuisine. An advertisement once boasted of the amenities: . Sadly, the home closed in 1. By 1. 96. 4 it was deemed an eyesore and demolished by the City of Los Angeles.^ San Fernando.

Historical Notes. In 1. 87. 4, Charles Maclay bought 5. Rancho Ex- Mission San Fernando land grant including the northern half of the San Fernando Valley. In 1. 88. 2, cousins George K. Porter and Benjamin F. Hd Quality Better Watch Out (2017) Watch. Porter, owner of future Porter Ranch, each received one- third of the total land.^*A. Moffitt was co- partner with Charles Maclay in the store seen above.

He was also the town’s coroner.*^##Historical Notes. San Fernando, the oldest city in the valley for which it is named, is located about twenty three miles north of Los Angeles, near the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. Founded in 1. 87. Soon populated with an influx of settlers, San Fernando became known as the railroad's . After his death it became an affiliate and moved to the campus of the University of Southern California before becoming the Claremont School of Theology in 1.

Click HERE to see Early Views of U. S. C. Charles Maclay's heritage was from Ireland and Scotland. He was the brother of Robert Samuel Maclay, a pioneer missionary to China; and the uncle of Robert Maclay Widney, a founder of the University of Southern California, and of Joseph Widney, the second president of the University of Southern California. Maclay was a Methodist minister. Leland Stanford who loaned the money for Charles Maclay to purchase the land to found San Fernando.^* Porter Hotel (aka Mission Hotel)Historical Notes. In the late 1. 80. City of San Fernando, as well as the entire San Fernando Valley, saw a significant land boom A major hotel was built near the modern intersections of Laurel Canyon Boulevard and South Brand Street.

The hotel was built in 1. Porter Land and Water Company on a knoll about a mile from the center of San Fernando. It served as a hotel for about a year, and later, as a summer residence for the Porter family, 1. George Keating Porter came to California in the 1. New Hampshire and served as a state senator for Santa Cruz. Porter’s land became Chatsworth and Porter Ranch. George Porter subdivided his land and established the Porter Land and Water Company.

The surviving adobe home was built by Valentin Lopez, Geronimo's cousin and brother- in- law. It is considered the City of San Fernando's oldest standing building.*^ Historical Notes. Catalina Lopez died in 1.

Geronimo Lopez died in 1. In 1. 92. 8, several modifications were made to the house by one of the Lopez daughters, Louisa Lopez Mc.