La Placita, California

La Placita
Ghost town
Coordinates: 34°01′09″N 117°21′00″W / 34.01917°N 117.35000°W / 34.01917; -117.35000
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyRiverside
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)

La Placita (originally: La Placita de los Trujillos; alternate: San Salvador)[1] is a former settlement and the earliest community established in Riverside County, California, USA.[2] The town was informally established soon after 1843[3] on the Santa Ana River, across from the town of Agua Mansa.[4] La Placita and Agua Mansa were the first non-native settlements in the San Bernardino Valley.[5] Together, they were referred to as "San Salvador",[6] and were the largest settlements between New Mexico and Los Angeles in the 1840s.[7]

  1. ^ Hoover, Mildred B.; Rensch, Hero E.; Rensch, Ethel G. (1966). Historic Spots in California (3 ed.). Stanford University Press. p. 294. ISBN 0-8047-4020-8.
  2. ^ Gunther, Jane Davies (1984). Riverside County, California, place names: their origins and their stories. J.D. Gunther. p. 285.
  3. ^ Brown, John; Boyd, James (1922). History of San Bernardino and Riverside counties: with selected biography of actors and witnesses of the period of growth and achievement. The Western Historical Association. p. 27.
  4. ^ Dwyer, Jeff (2006). Ghost Hunter's Guide to Los Angeles. Pelican Publishing. p. 102. ISBN 1-58980-404-X.
  5. ^ "The Agua Mansa Pioneer Cemetery". co.san-bernardino.ca.us. San Bernardino County Museum. Archived from the original on March 18, 2011. Retrieved December 8, 2010.
  6. ^ Mitchell, Patrick (2006). Santa Ana River Guide: From Crest to Coast – 110 Miles Along Southern California's Largest River System. 209. Santa Ana River Guide: From Crest to Coast – 110 Miles Along Southern California's Largest River System. ISBN 0-89997-411-2.
  7. ^ Hiltner, Nita (January 30, 2010). "Rich history found at Colton cemetery". The Press-Enterprise. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved December 10, 2010.