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Sonagna
or
Sonanga
is a former
Tongva
-Gabrieleno
Native American
settlement at or near what is now
San Marino High School
in
Los Angeles County
,
California
.
[1]
[2]
It was located recorded as being located at "Mr. White's farm" which referred to the ranch of Miguel Blanco who owned
Rancho Muscupiabe
. Of this location,
H. D. Barrows
commented:
[2]
Mr. White obtained a concession of five hundred veras (about 1370 ft) square, just north of the Mission, which contained inexhaustible springs of living water. On these 77 acres of one-time Mission land, which White later sold, he established a vineyard, an orchard, and an adobe home. The building still stands at the edge of the athletic field of
San Marino High School
, and anyone who goes there can visualize the setting of Sonangna, though it takes a feat of the imagination to erase from the scene the concrete boulevards, the clipped lawns and modern buildings, and substitute the natural pools and cienegas, the native grasses and shrubs, and the great oak groves which must have supported the Sonauitam in the best Gabrielino style.
[2]
It was recorded to be one of the principal villages in the area by
Hugo Reid
for the
Los Angeles Star
.
[3]
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