Los Angeles is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels) by 44 Spanish settlers.

El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula, shortened to the Pueblo de los Ángeles, was the Spanish civilian pueblo settled in 1781 which became the modern American metropolis of Los Angeles. The pueblo was built using labor from the adjacent village of Yaanga and was totally dependent on local Indigenous labor for its survival.

LosAngeles-Plaza-1869
LosAngeles-Plaza-1869 (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
LA founding pueblo marker
LA founding pueblo marker (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora Reina de los Angeles
La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora Reina de los Angeles (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Early pueblo in 1853 as seen from Fort Moore, image from 1929 story map Los Angeles as it was in 1871
Early pueblo in 1853 as seen from Fort Moore, image from 1929 story map Los Angeles as it was in 1871 (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Watch: Roots of El Pueblo: The Beginning of Los Angeles

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Sources and further reading: Wikipedia — Pueblo de Los Ángeles, Los Angeles Pobladores (CC BY-SA). Images: Wikimedia Commons.