Hundreds of years ago, the Los Angeles Basin’s river and tributaries sat at the center of daily life for our first ancestors, the Tongvas Indians. They understood the river’s changing, mercurial nature and built their homes and town centers above its flood plains. Yangna, sitting just a few miles from the river near Spring Street, was the largest Tongvas village. It was a center for commerce, governance and religious ceremonies, and it is the birthplace of Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles State Historic Park was once an industrial brown field. After much debate among real estate developers, community activists, and artists, the land is now available for public use and awaits transformation into a state park.
The Zanja Madre, or "Mother Ditch," is the original aqueduct that brought water to El Pueblo from the Los Angeles River. The remains of the Zanja where uncovered in the 1970's and can be seen sitting just behind a fence in the Los Angeles State Historic Park.
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