Talk:Mission San Fernando Rey de España

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[edit] Rancho Encino sources

• Local History - In 1810, as a result of the Mexican Revolution, Rancho Los Encinos was granted to the favored Grabielino Indians. At that time the rancho covered about seven square miles.

In 1769 Gasper de Portola landed in the Monterey region of California. During his expedition he was greeted by several hundred Grabielino Indians near Encino Springs under the mighty oak trees that would Encino its name, which is Spanish for "oak tree."

it eventually ended up in the hands of Vincent De La Ossa. De La Ossa built a sizeable adobe (which still stands).

• Los Encinos State Historic Park - documents Indians of the tribe now called the "Gabrielino", "Fernandeno" or "Tongva" lived at the site of the park for hundreds, and perhaps thousands of years in Encino, Los Angeles, California

• Fernandeno Tataviam History Cybrary - great article about, Antonio Maria Ortega was born September 1857 to Fernando Ortega and Maria Rita Alipas whom were the landowners of el Rancho Encino. In 1935 the Bureau of Indian Affairs acknowledge Antonio as Tribal leader under the name of Jose Rosario.