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californiahistoricallandmarks.com 151 Campo de Cahuenga
/ref> *''NO. 151 CAMPO DE CAHUENGA - 'Here was made the Treaty of Cahuenga by General Andrés Pico, commanding forces for Mexico, and Lieutenant-Colonel J. C. Frémont, U.S. Army, for the United States. By this treaty, agreed upon January 13th, 1847, the United States acquired California - finally secured to us by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, made February 2nd, 1848.' This legend was written February 9, 1898 by Mrs. Jessie Benton Frémont.''
Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation – Campo de Cahuenga
* ttp://www.campodecahuenga.com/ Campo de Cahuenga Historical Memorial Association* {{Butterfield1 Conquest of California History of the San Fernando Valley Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Los Angeles Parks in Los Angeles County, California Museums in Los Angeles Historic house museums in California California Historical Landmarks National Register of Historic Places in the San Fernando Valley Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Mission Revival architecture in California Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in California Tongva populated places Studio City, Los Angeles Butterfield Overland Mail in California 19th century in Los Angeles 1847 establishments in Alta California Stagecoach stops in the United States
Cahuenga Pass
The Cahuenga Pass (, ; Tongva: ''Kawé’nga''), also known by its Spanish name Paseo de Cahuenga, is a low mountain pass through the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains in the Hollywood Hills district of the City of Los Angeles, Califor ...
in present-day Los Angeles
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, was an adobe
Adobe (from arabic: الطوب Attub ; ) is a building material made from earth and organic materials. is Spanish for mudbrick. In some English-speaking regions of Spanish heritage, such as the Southwestern United States, the term is use ...
ranch house on the Rancho Cahuenga
Rancho Cahuenga, sometimes called the Cahuenga Tract, was a Mexican land grant in the San Fernando Valley, in present-day Los Angeles County, California given in 1843 by governor Manuel Micheltorena to José Miguel Triunfo. Rancho Cahuenga is n ...
where the Treaty of Cahuenga
The Treaty of Cahuenga (), also called the Capitulation of Cahuenga (''Capitulación de Cahuenga''), was an 1847 agreement that ended the Conquest of California, resulting in a ceasefire between Californios and Americans. The treaty was signed ...
was signed between Lieutenant Colonel John C. Frémont
Major general (United States), Major-General John Charles Frémont (January 21, 1813July 13, 1890) was a United States Army officer, explorer, and politician. He was a United States senator from California and was the first History of the Repub ...
and General Andrés Pico
Andrés Pico (November 18, 1810 – February 14, 1876) was a Californio who became a successful rancher, fought in the contested Battle of San Pascual during the Mexican–American War, and negotiated promises of post-war protections for Calif ...
in 1847, ending hostilities in California between Mexico
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and the United States
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. The subsequent Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo officially ended the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). It was signed on 2 February 1848 in the town of Villa de Guadalupe, Mexico City, Guadalupe Hidalgo.
After the defeat of its army and the fall of the cap ...
of 1848, ceding California
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, parts of Colorado
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, Nevada
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, New Mexico
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, and Arizona
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(but not Texas since it had seceded from Mexico in 1836, declared itself a republic, and joined the union in 1845) to the United States, formally ended the Mexican–American War
The Mexican–American War (Spanish language, Spanish: ''guerra de Estados Unidos-México, guerra mexicano-estadounidense''), also known in the United States as the Mexican War, and in Mexico as the United States intervention in Mexico, ...
. From 1858 to 1861 the Campo de Cahuenga became a Butterfield Stage Station.
History
The original adobe structure was demolished in 1900. The city ofLos Angeles
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provided funds for the purchase of the property in 1923, and a Mission Revival
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and Spanish Colonial Revival style
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replica "adobe" ranch house was built by the city following an effort led by Irene T. Lindsay, then president of the San Fernando Valley Historical Society, and dedicated on November 2, 1950. It is now a park and interpretive center managed by the City of Los Angeles's Department of Recreation and Parks in partnership with the Campo de Cahuenga Historical Memorial Association. Campo de Cahuenga is registered on the National Register of Historic Places
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, as California Historical Landmark
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Criteria
Historical significance is determined by meetin ...
No. 151, and as Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 29.
The foundations of the original adobe were unearthed beneath Lankershim Boulevard during construction of the Metro B Line subway. The parts of the foundations within the park are preserved as an exhibit, and the "footprint" of the foundations under the street and sidewalk is marked by decorative pavement.
Campo de Cahuenga is often confused with the nearby Rancho Cahuenga
Rancho Cahuenga, sometimes called the Cahuenga Tract, was a Mexican land grant in the San Fernando Valley, in present-day Los Angeles County, California given in 1843 by governor Manuel Micheltorena to José Miguel Triunfo. Rancho Cahuenga is n ...
, an inholding within the Rancho Providencia
Rancho La Providencia was a Ranchos of California, Mexican land grant in present-day Los Angeles County, California given by governor Juan B. Alvarado in 1843 to Vicente de la Osa. The majority of Rancho Providencia land north of the modern chan ...
land grant, now part of Burbank
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.
The building is used by various organizations for special programs and regular meetings, and it is open with a docent on the first Saturday of each month, from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM.
California Historical Landmark
California Historical Landmark
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Marker No. 151 at the site reads:/ref> *''NO. 151 CAMPO DE CAHUENGA - 'Here was made the Treaty of Cahuenga by General Andrés Pico, commanding forces for Mexico, and Lieutenant-Colonel J. C. Frémont, U.S. Army, for the United States. By this treaty, agreed upon January 13th, 1847, the United States acquired California - finally secured to us by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, made February 2nd, 1848.' This legend was written February 9, 1898 by Mrs. Jessie Benton Frémont.''
See also
* Battle of Cahuenga Pass – ''1831'' *Battle of Providencia
The Battle of Providencia (also called the "Second Battle of Cahuenga Pass") took place in Cahuenga Pass in early 1845 on Rancho Providencia in the San Fernando Valley, north of Los Angeles, California. Native ''Californios'' successfully chal ...
– ''1845 Second Battle of Cahuenga Pass''
* Conquest of California
The Conquest of California, also known as the Conquest of Alta California or the California Campaign, was a military campaign during the Mexican–American War carried out by the United States in Alta California (modern-day California), then part ...
– ''1846 Alta California
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''
* – ''1846–1848''
* Cahuenga, California
Cahuenga ( (also ''Kawé’nga'', Cabeugna, Kowanga, Kawengha, Kawee’nga, or Cabuenga) or "place of the hill" is a former Tongva– Tataviam (''Fernandeño''–''Gabrieleño'') Native American settlement in the San Fernando Valley of Los Ang ...
; Tongva settlement.
* Tongva
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—Tongva language
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* History of California through 1899
* History of the San Fernando Valley to 1915
The history of the San Fernando Valley from its exploration by the 1769 Portola expedition to the annexation of much of it by the City of Los Angeles in 1915 is a story of booms and busts, as cattle ranching, sheep ranching, large-scale wheat farm ...
* List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in the San Fernando Valley
This is a list of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in the San Fernando Valley, California. It includes Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument, Historic-Cultural Monuments in the San Fernando Valley as well as the adjacent Crescenta Valle ...
– ''city''
* List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles
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Current listings
' ...
– ''state''
* National Register of Historic Places in the San Fernando Valley – ''federal''
References
* Jorgenson, Lawrence C.: ''The San Fernando Valley Past and Present'', Pacific Rim Research, Los Angeles, 1982External links
Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation – Campo de Cahuenga
* ttp://www.campodecahuenga.com/ Campo de Cahuenga Historical Memorial Association* {{Butterfield1 Conquest of California History of the San Fernando Valley Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Los Angeles Parks in Los Angeles County, California Museums in Los Angeles Historic house museums in California California Historical Landmarks National Register of Historic Places in the San Fernando Valley Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Mission Revival architecture in California Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in California Tongva populated places Studio City, Los Angeles Butterfield Overland Mail in California 19th century in Los Angeles 1847 establishments in Alta California Stagecoach stops in the United States