September 4 in American History
A small group of Spanish colonial settlers established El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles on the banks of a river in what was then New Spain — decades before it was American soil. A reminder that a lot of the country's map predates the country.
In 1781: Los Angeles is founded. A small group of Spanish colonial settlers established El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles on the banks of a river in what was then New Spain — decades before it was American soil.
A small group of Spanish colonial settlers established El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles on the banks of a river in what was then New Spain — decades before it was American soil. A reminder that a lot of the country's map predates the country.
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