Lester... GREAT posts! It's nice to see people giving to the list rather than just asking for something... Joe --- Lester M Powers <lesterps@juno.com> wrote: > Edward Black asked about a list on townships in L.A. > County of 1870. > > Source: Reproduction of "History of Los Angeles > County > California..." [long title], Thompson & West, > publishers, > Oakland, CA, 1880. > > WILMINGTON TOWNSHIP: "Wilmington township contains > two > large grants of land, entitled respectively Rancho > San > Pedro and Rancho Los Palos Verdes, also small > portions > of the San Antonio and Tajanta Ranchos." > > There is no way I'm going to promise this is true, > but > it looks like Wilmington Township included what is > today > the Palos Verdes peninsula, Torrance, Compton, > Carson, > Wilmington, and San Pedro. The eastern border may > have > run somewhere along the Los Angeles River. Very > hard > to say. This is blurry stuff. > > Town of COMPTON, within Wilmington Township: I > thought > someone might get a kick out of this, so to speak: > "There is no saloon in the place. There have been > four > started in succession, and all starved out. The > last > one traded his house and stock for a shot gun. > There is > said to be not brandy enough in the district to make > sauce for a pudding." > > Compton was within Wilmington Township. Kinda sorta > looks like it was at Wilmington's northeast corner. > Two maps show Compton at the same location where it > is today, both in the book: "City-Makers: The > Story > of Southern California's First Boom, 1868-76," by > Rami Nadeau, Trans-Anglo Books, Los Angeles, 1965. > > Speaking of maps, well, remember how last time I > said > that the settlement of Spadra was in SAN JOSE > TOWNSHIP? > The "City-Makers" map shows Spadra located east of > the San Jose hills (which are north of the Puente > hills) > and west of Pomona, where Pomona has the same > location > it does today, at least approximately. > > More later, unless someone yells 'cause I talk too > much. > > 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. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/