Rancho San Antonio (Lugo)

The rancho included in some part the present-day cities of Bell, Bell Gardens, Maywood, Vernon, Huntington Park, Walnut Park, Cudahy, South Gate, Lynwood, Montebello and Commerce.

The grant was confirmed in 1838 to Antonio Maria Lugo by Mexican Governor Juan B.

[5] With the cession of California to the United States following the Mexican–American War, the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored.

In 1860 Merced Foster and Vicente Lugo sold their respective portions to parties who immediately resorted to subdivision and sale in small lots.

In 1908 Michael Cudahy acquired the remaining 2,800 acre (11 km2) Rancho San Antonio.

Don Antonio María Lugo was granted Rancho San Antonio in 1838 by Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado .
The Battle of La Mesa , which took place on the lands of Rancho San Antonio, was the last battle fought in the U.S. Conquest of California .