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Rancho Las Cienegas
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Rancho Las Cienegas
Rancho Las Cienegas
was a
Mexican land grant
in present-day
Los Angeles County, California
given in 1823 to Francisco Avila by Governor
Luis Antonio Argüello
. "La Cienega" is derived from the Spanish word
cienaga
, which means
swamp
or
marshland
and refers to the natural
spring
s and
wetlands
in the area between the
Baldwin Hills range
and
Baldwin Hills
district, and
Beverly Hills
. The rancho was north of
Rancho La Cienega o Paso de la Tijera
and east of present-day
La Cienega Boulevard
between
Wilshire Boulevard
and
Jefferson Boulevard
. The
Los Angeles River
would periodically change course historically, and flowed through the rancho's lowlands to
Ballona Creek
and the
Santa Monica Bay
until 1825, when it returned to the flowing through
Rancho San Pedro
to
San Pedro Bay
.
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