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El Monte

settlement #482295
created 2015-08-11 by daniel m. kelty
official name: El Monte?   
assertion #3731895 by daniel m. kelty on 2017-04-10: confidence 0%.
is a(n): village?   
assertion #3731898 by daniel m. kelty on 2015-08-11: confidence 0%.
started: 1851   
i have over 100 pages of notes and 5 presentations about the families that settled El Monte. Web sites from California digital collection. the durfee family, and materials from louise Genge.
assertion #3731894 by daniel m. kelty on 2017-04-10: confidence 100%.
ended: open   
assertion #3745894 by daniel m. kelty on 2017-04-10: confidence 100%.
description: In July 1851, Brewsterite Ira W. Thompson crossed the San Gabriel River and settled in the Monte (El Monte). By 1860 other Brewsterites, the James Cleminsons, James Durfees, Hazen Aldrich, Charles Penfols, Thomas Andrew Garey, and the Fielding W. Gibsons, were farming and ranching in the San Gabriel Valley.?   (comment: Penfols should be Penfold)
assertion #3731896 by daniel m. kelty on 2017-04-10: confidence 0%.
religion: Mixed LDS/non-LDS   (source: history of el monte)
"End of the Santa Fe Trail." by Dan Kelty for JWHA 2015
assertion #3731917 by daniel m. kelty on 2015-08-11: confidence 100%.
religion: Brewster   
Brewsterites were among the earliest settlers.
assertion #3731897 by daniel m. kelty on 2017-04-10: confidence 100%.
located at: El Monte, Los Angeles, California, United States of America   
assertion #3714295 by daniel m. kelty on 2017-04-10: confidence 100%.
location: 34°4'12"N, 118°1'11"W   
Street names Cleminson, Durfee, and Gibson show the approximate location of their farms.
assertion #3720312 by daniel m. kelty on 2017-04-10: confidence 0%.
see also: paper presented at JWHA conference 2015 by Dan Kelty. END OF THE SANTA FE TRAIL   
assertion #3711295 by daniel m. kelty on 2015-08-11: confidence 100%.