t2, here's an interesting tidbit-
"In 1842 Stearns bought the 28,000-acre Rancho Los Alamitos (between the Los Angeles and the harbor). However, there was a drought between 1862 and 1864
which was said to have resulted in the death of 50,000 cattle on Stearns land alone. Stearns mortgaged the rancho to Michael Reese, who then purchased it
at a sheriff's sale and Reese's estate then sold it to John W. Bixby."
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