Montebello Historical Society

We're all sorry to hear of the passing of our friend Julia Bogany of the Tongva Nation yesterday. She was a great teacher of our native heritage and culture. We would like to extend our heartfelt condolences to her family.

Montebello's All American Girls Professional Baseball League all star, Marge "Poncho" Villa (Cryan).

Juan's second wife, Matilda Bojorquez

Juan and Luisa Archuleta only daughter Luz

Luisa Archuleta, Juan Sanchez's first wife

New AI technology brings Juan Sanchez to life.

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day !

174 years ago on the morning of January 9th, after the Battle of Rio San Gabriel, the bodies of Seaman Frederick Strauss, USS Portsmouth, who was killed in action and Volunteer Artillery Driver Jacob Hait, who died of his wounds, were wrapped in their blankets and both laid in the same grave side by side with a small wooden cross on the west bank of the river. A few hours after the Americans have left, they were dug up and stripped of their clothing by the enemy. Fortunately some American visited the spot in the evening and again buried them.

Happy New Year 2021 Let's hope the new year will be better.

Merry Christmas !

December 67, 1846, 17 year old Santiago Lobo, son of Casilda Soto de Lobo (who built the first home in Montebello which later became the Sanchez Adobe), fought under General Andrés Pico at Battle of San Pasqual during the Mexican American War.

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