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Landmark information
- Location:
Robert P. Strathearn Historical Park, 137 Strathearn Place, Simi Valley - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
10/5/1996 - Date Most Recently Visited:
6/12/2015 - GPS Coordinates:
N 34 16.509, W 118 48.097 - Other Designations:
National Register of Historic Places
About this landmark
Plaque text:
El Rancho Simi (1795)
This is the site of the headquarters of the Spanish Rancho De San Jose De Neustra Senora De Altagracia y Simi. The name derives from "Shimiji", the name of the Chumash village here before the Spanish. At 113,000 acres Rancho Simi was one of the state's largest land grants. Two prominent Spanish and Mexican family names are connected with the rancho; Santiago Pico who first received the grant, and Jose de la Guerra who purchased the rancho in 1842. Two rooms of original adobe remain, part of the Strathearn home built in 1892-3.