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Rancho Cucamonga was a 13,045-acre (20.383 sq mi; 52.79 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day San Bernardino County, California, given in 1839 to the dedicated soldier, smuggler and politician Tiburcio Tapia by Mexican governor Juan Bautista Alvarado. [ 1] The grant formed parts of present-day California cities Rancho Cucamonga and Upland.
NRHP reference No. 73000428 [1] Added to NRHP. April 24, 1973. The Casa de Rancho Cucamonga, commonly known as the John Rains House, is a historic house located at 8810 Hemlock St. in Rancho Cucamonga, California. [2] [3] [4] The house was built in 1860–1861 after John Rains purchased the Rancho Cucamonga land grant in 1858 from the Tapia estate.
Rancho Cucamonga ( / ˌræntʃoʊ kuːkəˈmʌŋɡə / RAN-choh KOO-kə-MUNG-gə) is a city located just south of the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains and Angeles National Forest in San Bernardino County, California, United States. About 37 mi (60 km) [12] east of Downtown Los Angeles, Rancho Cucamonga is the 28th most populous city in ...
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake was felt widely across the nation's second largest city Friday and shook things off shelves near the epicenter in a small mountain community east of Los Angeles, but ...
Get the Rancho Cucamonga, CA local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. ... See outage map. ... About 55 earthquakes a day – 20,000 a year – are recorded by the National ...
Tapia Adobe was the home of Tiburcio Tapia (1789–1845). Tiburcio Tapia was a Mexican soldier, politician, then became a merchant, winery owner and ranch owner, in what is now Cucamonga, California. The place of Tapia Adobe (home) was designated a California Historic Landmark (No.360) on October 9, 1939. Tiburcio Tapía received the land to ...
Website. www .uplandca .gov. Upland is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States on the border with neighboring Los Angeles County. The municipality is located at an elevation of 1,242 feet (379 m). As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 79,040, [ 5] up from 73,732 at the 2010 census .
The Cucamonga Wilderness is a federally designated wilderness area located in the eastern San Gabriel Mountains, in San Bernardino County, Southern California . The 12,781 acres (5,172 ha) wilderness is managed by the United States Forest Service in Angeles National Forest and San Bernardino National Forest. Elevations range from about 5,000 to ...