A modern community recreation building, which honors the memory of General John C. Fremont and General Andres Pico, and the Treaty of Cahuenga, signed here January 13, 1847.
California State Historic Landmark 151
L.A. Historic Cultural Monument 29
Open by appointment
3912 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91604
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Annual Re-enactment January 12, 2003
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 Firing of the cannon! |
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 Original foundation |
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Only a few of the thousands who drive past Campo de Cahuenga every day on busy Lankershim Boulevard, realize that they are passing one of the most important spots in United States history with respect both to the great Southwest and the entire nation. Those few people know that on January 13, 1847, a treaty was signed by Lt. Col. John C. Fremont, representing the United States, and General Andres Pico, representing the Mexican forces.
Lt. Col. John C. Fremont |
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* Jose Antonio Carillo |
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General Andes Pico |
An historian has declared that "of all the epochs in California history, none has a greater importance that that which was ushered in by the making of the Treaty of Cahuenga." He also points out that "within the walls of the old ranch house of Cahuenga, long since in ruins, was signed a treaty that virtually transferred to the United States nearly half a million square miles of territory - a treritory vaster in extent that that possessed by the thirteen colonies at the close of the Revolutioary War - a territory out of which has been carved the states of California, Nevada, and Utah, most of Arizona, and part of Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico."
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This military treaty, or capitulation, was followed the next year by the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in Mexico, by which California became part of the United States.
* Jose Antonio Carillo wrote the treaty with pencil and paper in English and Spanish.
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