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Welcome to Rancho Los Alamitos! Open Wednesday through Sunday, 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm (Entrance gates close at 4:30 pm) Discover the magic of the Rancho until it closes at 5:00 pm! While the site stays open until 5:00 pm, you'll need to arrive before 4:30 pm to enter. Come and immerse yourself in the history and beauty of Rancho Los Alamitos.
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Rancho Los Alamitos, the “Ranch of the Little Cottonwoods,”...
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© Rancho Los Alamitos, 6400 E. Bixby Hill Road, Long Beach,...
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The continual remix of diversity is the mark of a resilient...
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Visitors can reserve a 1-hour, docent-guided tour at 1:00,...
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Rancho Los Alamitos Historic Ranch and Gardens (RLA) in Long...
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Rancho Los Alamitos offers engaging third- and fourth-grade...
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The site will be closed on these dates. Sunday, March 31,...
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July 7, 1981. Rancho Los Alamitos takes its name from an 1834 Mexican partition of the 1784 Rancho Los Nietos, a Spanish concession, covering an area in present-day California 's southwestern Los Angeles County and northwestern Orange County. Los Alamitos means the Little Cottonwoods or Poplars in Spanish, after the native Fremont Cottonwood ...
- Spanish Colonial
- between 1800 and 1834
- 7.4 acres (3.0 ha)
- 6400 Bixby Hill Rd., Long Beach, California
The land we now know as Rancho Los Alamitos was granted to Manuel Nieto in 1790 for his service on the Gaspar de Portolá expedition to California under the Spanish Crown. Of this land, 25,500 acres were designated to be Rancho Los Alamitos—Ranch of the Little Cottonwoods. The ranch house is one of the oldest residences in Southern California ...
Rancho Los Alamitos is a place for all time: listed on the National Register of Historic Places twice—as the sacred Gabrielino, or Tongva village of Povuu’ngna and also for its adobe core ranch house c.1800, four acres of lush historic gardens, and the restored barns area that recalls the great ranching heritage of Southern California from the early-mid 20th century.
Rancho Los Alamitos, the “Ranch of the Little Cottonwoods,” is a Long Beach City Landmark and is twice listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Rancho has a continuous history of habitation that stretches back for more than 1500 years and reflects the many people who have called it home – from the first people, the Tongva ...
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