This muted but informative map of the San Fernando Valley debunks ... way with fathers Serra and Crespi, and the Mission San Fernando Rey, located in Mission Hills, became 17th in the chain ...

Its name derives from the nearby Mission San Fernando Rey de España, founded in 1797. Early settlers grew the city into a trading post nestled among farms and ranches. San Fernando is also the ...

One of the library’s more popular maps of the Valley is this one below. Created in 1960 for the San Fernando Valley Federal Savings and Loan Association, it depicts the area of the Valley once ...

After raising cattle on the land, Reyes returned it to the Franciscans, who dedicated Mission San Fernando Rey de Espa a on Sept. 8, 1797. After Mexico won independence from Spain, San Fernando ...