From: "Ralph Shaffer" reshaffer@csupomona.edu
Can you direct me to a map or volume that is very specific about the
location of Central Pacific (Southern Pacific) land grant holdings within
Los Angeles county? I need to know townships and sections as precisely as
possible in order to pinpoint the location of a private holding that was
apparently purchased from the R.R. in the late 1870s or early 1880s in what
would now be the city limits of the city of Los Angeles.
The map on your website shows a wide swath of land in LA county that was
such a land grant, but it doesn't show townships and sections.
I am specifically interested in RR land in-
Sec. 5, Township One South, Range 14 West of the San Bernardino Meridian,
in which it appears the SPRR [CPRR?] may have held a diamond shaped parcel
in the center of the section, in the vicinity of what would be Nichols
Canyon today.
Where can I find a map, or a written description, verifying
that the railroad did hold that particular parcel, and are there record books
indicating when and to whom the parcel was sold? (probably in the late
1870s or early 1880s.)
Many thanks.
Ralph E. Shaffer
Professor emeritus, HIstory
Cal Poly Pomona
