Los
Encinos State Historic Park
at the corner of Balboa
and Ventura Blvd., in Encino California, was, until the late
19th Century, the hub of human habitation in the Southern
San Fernando Valley.
This five
acre park is blessed with a natural spring, the water of which
was reputed to be so sweet that animals would come for miles
to drink from it. Because of the ready source of water, Indians
of the tribe now called the "Gabrielino", "Fernandeno"
or "Tongva" lived at the site of the park for hundreds,
and perhaps thousands of years.
This valuable
property passed through many hands, going from Indian to Mission
to Californio to French and Basque control through the 19th
Century. It now remains a visible link to our past, and in
Los Angeles, such connections are rare and tenuous. |
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