Edward Black asked about a list on townships in L.A. County of 1870. I've been meaning to get around to ancient L.A. geography for some time, seeing as how I live here, and this is enough of an excuse. Source: Reproduction of "History of Los Angeles County California..." [long title], Thompson & West, publishers, Oakland, CA 1880. Now, for the moment, just these two. SOLEDAD TOWNSHIP: "This is the most northerly of the townships being - 'All that part of Los Angeles county, lying north of the summit Ridge of the Sierra Madre or Main Coast Range,' which range here inclines suddenly inland, surrounding and inclosing [sic] the great Los Angeles valley. [paragraph] The area of Soledad township is about one million two hundred thousand square acres, or say something more than one-third the entire area of the whole county. ..." Southern Pacific Railroad stations within Soledad Township in 1880 include Lancaster, Alpine, Acton, Ravenna (Soledad City), Lang, Kent, and Newhall. At the time, Newhall was a town. SAN JOSE TOWNSHIP: This one is actually awfully hard to try to understand in the book. I think I might have this right, but I promise nothing. "There are four small settlements in this township, viz.: Spadra, Pomona, Loop's settlement and Palomares' settlement." San Jose Twp. kinda sorta looks like it is in or among the San Jose Valley. Includes these private ranchos: Rincon De La Brea, Los Nogales, San Jose, and La Puente. On my trusty DeLorme atlas, I see the San Jose Hills west of modern Pomona and Claremont and south of modern Glendora and east of modern La Puente and West Covina. But I see no San Jose Valley. San Jose Township has just gotta be in the west of and probably including Pomona. More later. Lester Powers lesterps@juno.com ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.