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The Humble Beginnings of Los Angeles

The Humble Beginnings of Los Angeles

Eleven families arrive on September 4, 1781 to make a new life...

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The city of Los Angeles had its humble beginnings when eleven families (44 persons in all, including women and children) arrived from Mexico to begin a new life in a land called California. Governor Felipe de Neve had chosen the site personally at the urging of sea captains Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo and Sebastian Vizcaino. These men had arrived in the are…

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