EncinoThe 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 FernandeAAo, 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. |
Contents
Acknowledgments | 6 |
Introduction | 7 |
The Land of the Californios | 9 |
The French Influence | 25 |
The Basques | 31 |
The Amestoy Family | 37 |
Encino Takes Shape | 51 |
The Movies Come to Encino | 69 |
The End of an Era | 77 |
The Sepulveda Dam | 91 |
Forces of Nature | 99 |
Encino Today | 111 |
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Amestoy family Amestoy Ranch Amy Goldenberg Angeles River Balboa Boulevard Basque Bison Productions born built Camino Real CAUTION CAUTION CAUTION Chumash Church Courtesy of Marc dedication Desnoyers Domingo Amestoy Don Ameche Edward Everett Horton Encino Acres Encino oak Encino Rancho Encino Reservoir Encino residents Encinos State Historic Eugene Garnier Florestina French Garnier Building Golden West GOLF COURSE Highway Ventura Boulevard Historic Park Juanita Lake Balboa left to right located Los Angeles River Louise Avenue Marc Wanamaker Marie Stewart married Michael Crosby Mickey Rooney movie Native American Native Daughters Northridge earthquake oak tree Ossa Adobe Peter Amestoy Phillipe Garnier Photograph by Amy photograph shows pictured porch Rancho El Encino restaurant Rita RKO Ranch San Fernando Valley Santa Monica Mountains Sepulveda Basin Sepulveda Dam Sepulveda Dam Recreation Sepulveda Pass sheep Simon Spanish spring stands structures Tataviam Tillman Water Reclamation Tongva Ventura Boulevard Vicente White Oak Avenue Wildlife