To long beach comic california. You are watching American History all weekend every weekend on cspan3. Rancho los alamitos is one of the rare sites that has a continuous history lasting more than 1500 years. If you follow that chain of occupancy, you are looking at the development of Southern California. The site is important because it is where god descended from heaven, gave the laws to the people and descended back up to heaven. Made tothe floor is give you a good sense. 3000 acres given under spanish rule. Of the people who received land under spanish rule were former soldiers who had been in the expeditions exploring Southern California. That was true of man well manuel. When he died, the land was split among his children and it was formed in two ranches into ranches. That is all that is left. The rest was split up into other development and uses over time. We are standing in that Rancho Los Alamitos adobe ranch house. This is where the adobe is, the wall surrounding us right now