| Author: | Michael Crosby | ISBN: | 9781439623169 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. | Publication: | June 8, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Arcadia Publishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | Michael Crosby |
| ISBN: | 9781439623169 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. |
| Publication: | June 8, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Arcadia Publishing |
| Language: | English |
The San Fernando Valley area that became the modern city of Encino has gone through a surprisingly international sequence of ownership, beginning with Native American tribes, then the Spanish and Californios, followed by the French, Basques, and Americans. In the post�World War II boom, Encino became an affluent enclave of those who portrayed all of the above on the screen: Hollywood movie and television stars. Encino originated around an artesian spring that served for several thousand years as the gathering place of three tribes: the Fernande�o, Tongva, and Chumash. This spring, which was documented in Fr. Juan Crespi�s diary during the Portola Expedition in 1769, today still provides water within the grounds of Los Encinos State Historic Park. El encino is Spanish for �the oak,� and the area was so named for the vast panorama of oak groves covering it.
The San Fernando Valley area that became the modern city of Encino has gone through a surprisingly international sequence of ownership, beginning with Native American tribes, then the Spanish and Californios, followed by the French, Basques, and Americans. In the post�World War II boom, Encino became an affluent enclave of those who portrayed all of the above on the screen: Hollywood movie and television stars. Encino originated around an artesian spring that served for several thousand years as the gathering place of three tribes: the Fernande�o, Tongva, and Chumash. This spring, which was documented in Fr. Juan Crespi�s diary during the Portola Expedition in 1769, today still provides water within the grounds of Los Encinos State Historic Park. El encino is Spanish for �the oak,� and the area was so named for the vast panorama of oak groves covering it.
