La Placita, California
Ghost town in California, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
La Placita (originally: La Placita de los Trujillos; alternate: San Salvador)[1] is a former settlement and the earliest community established in Riverside County, California, USA.[2] The town was informally established soon after 1843[3] on the Santa Ana River, across from the town of Agua Mansa.[4] La Placita and Agua Mansa were the first non-native settlements in the San Bernardino Valley.[5] Together, they were referred to as "San Salvador",[6] and were the largest settlements between New Mexico and Los Angeles in the 1840s.[7]
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La Placita | |
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Coordinates: 34°01′09″N 117°21′00″W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Riverside |
Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
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