Los Encinos State Historic Park

Pío Pico signed the grant on July 8, 1845, and it went to three men from the mission: Ramón, Francisco and Roque. The spring here had held the Tongva village of Siutcanga for thousands of years. Four years later Francisco and Roque were dead and Ramón had gone north to the gold fields, and what remained of the family sold out to Vicente de la Osa. He built the nine-room adobe. The Garniers added the limestone house and ran sheep. Both bronzes here are Native Daughters work, 1937 and 1950; the state's own plaque is not among them.

What the plaque says

Erected on El Encino Rancho 1849 Marked by Los Angeles Parlor No. 124, Native Daughters of the Golden West, March 21, 1937. This dwelling, built in 1849 by Don Vicente de la Osa, was a favored stopping place for the numerous travelers on El Camino Real. It stands on land that is a part of the one-square-league Rancho El Encino granted in 1845 by Governor Pio Pico to three Indians, Ramon, Francisco, and Roque, whose interests were purchased by Don Vicente. Originally the land was under the jurisdiction of Mission San Fernando Rey founded in 1797. Marked by Los Angeles Parlor No. 124, Native Daughters of the Golden West in 1937 and again in 1950.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Santa Monica Pier — 10 mi
  Where the Mother Road runs out of continent, and where the End of the Trail sign gives the drive somewhere to finish.
• Colorado Street Bridge — 19 mi
  Beaux-Arts concrete arches curving 150 feet above the Arroyo Seco, opened in 1913 and later a link in Route 66.
• Mission San Gabriel Arcangel — 23 mi
  The fourth Alta California mission, built on Tongva land with Tongva labor, rebuilt after arson and now telling that story straight.

More markers nearby

• Old Trapper's Lodge — 5.1 mi
• Harold Lloyd Estate (Greenacres) — 6.5 mi
• Rómulo Pico Adobe (Ranchito Rómulo) — 7.7 mi
• Campo de Cahuenga — 7.9 mi