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Guadalupe was the name of Chapman's wife ; and Refugio was the name of 

 her home ranch where he had been captured by the Spanish soldiers, and 

 captivated by the Spanish maiden. This ship was his greatest mechanical 

 achievement; and it bore both names, in romantic commemoration of his 

 wife and her early home. 



In December, 1831, Governor Victoria was brought to San Gabriel after 

 being wounded in a battle with insurgents near Cahuenga ; and he was 

 nursed by Eulalia Perez, with Joseph Chapman, the Yankee "pilot prisoner," 

 serving as surgeon pro tern. 



In October, 1846, powder was manufactured at San Gabriel for General 

 Flores' army, after Gillespie's U. S. troops had been driven out of lyos 

 Angeles. The powder was poor stuff, but it was all they had in the battles 

 of January, 1847. It was made in an adobe guard-house that stood right 

 where Mr. Silverstein's store is now — 1895. 



August 7, 1 85 1, the court of sessions at Los Angeles divided the county 

 into six townships, San Gabriel being one, and Rancho San Pasqual was 

 included in its territory. 



July II, 1855, an earthquake made cracks or fissures in the ground at 

 San Gabriel, and threw down the church bells. This accounts for the 

 patched cracks now seen in the belfry walls. 



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CHAPTER III. 



Rancho San Pasoual — Gov. Portolo's visit in 1770. — How the ranch was named. — Its 

 first owner a woman in 1827. — The Garfias ownership from 1843. — The Wilson and 

 Griffin ownership, from 1858 ; and sale to the colonists, 1873. — Complete Chain of 

 Title — 1769 to 1874; being the first complete schedule of its various occupancies 

 and ownerships ever written. 



FIRST WHITE MAN ON PASADENA SOU.. 



The initial point of the modern history of Pasadenaland is in January, 

 1770; and in April of the same year comes the first inkling of the name 

 " San Pascual," as applied to this particular section. In 1769 Gov. Gaspar 

 de Portola, marched overland with an expedition from Loreto in Lower Cali- 

 fornia (the peninsula) to find Monterey bay, then only known from reports 

 made by the navigator Vizcayno, who had discovered it in 1603 — or 166 

 years previously. Portola's march was made with a total of 64 persons, in- 

 cluding two priests, Crespi and Gomez. Crespi kept a diary. Lieut. Fages, 

 afterward governor of California, was also along, and he wrote accounts of 

 the country and people. On their up trip they crossed the Los Angeles 

 river August ist, 1769, and camped where Los Angeles city now stands. 

 The Indian village of Yang-na was there. August 2d, they staid there to 

 rest, and to prospect their route ahead. In the church calendar it was the 



