After this flood, the river moves east to Vernon and then south to San Pedro. Water breaks through levees and inundates the lowlands. Residents recall the flood washing away houses, as well as hundreds of acres of vineyards, orchards, and fields, and sweeping away nearly every river bridge. A. N. Hamilton remembers the water suddenly…

Rancher and former trapper Juan José Warner publishes “Los Angeles River: Past, Present and Future” in the Los Angeles Times. The article raises questions about the future of the LA River and shapes public sentiment in years to come. Originally from Connecticut, Warner became a naturalized Mexican citizen and changed his name to Juan José…

J. Hartley Taylor and his family purchase land along the banks of the river and open a general store and milling company, Taylor Grocery and Taylor Milling Company located at what is now San Fernando Road.

Local governments in Mexican Los Angeles destroy any remaining Tongva villages, prior to US statehood.

A group of 44 settlers, including immigrants from Spain, Baja California and the present-day Mexican states of Sonora and Sinola, found El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula (The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of the Porciuncula River), known as Pueblo de los Ángeles.