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Location in Los Angeles County
Bartolo
is an archaic placename in
Los Angeles County
,
California
.
[1]
It lay at an elevation of 223 feet (68 m).
[1]
Bartolo still appeared on maps as of 1926.
[1]
Its original name came from
Rancho Paso de Bartolo
, the lands of the Mexican governor of California,
Pio Pico
, which in turn was named for the San Gabriel River ford called
Paso de Bartolo Viejo (Old Bartolo's Crossing)
, near Beverly Road and the San Gabriel River. Paso de Bartolo is a
synclinal
valley through which both San Gabriel River and
Rio Hondo
pass.
[2]
It was a station on the
Union Pacific Railroad
at the junction of its branch line to
Whittier
and its main line. Today, the area is part of the cities of
Whittier
and
Pico Rivera
, which is named for Pio Pico.
Bartolo was the site of an engagement in the
Mexican?American War
. With 565 men, Commodore
Robert F. Stockton
and General
Stephen Watts Kearny
engaged Gen.
Jose Maria Flores
on January 8, 1847, at Bartolo Ford. Advancing across the knee-deep water in a hollow square formation, Kearny's men defeated General Flores and his Californios that had so plagued
Lieutenant Gillespie
at the
siege of Los Angeles
.
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Post-colonial placenames; for settlements of indigenous peoples, see
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