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Rancho Azusa de Duarte, a tract of 4000 acres, was granted by the Mexican government to Andres Duarte and settled sometime in the 1840's. Previous to 1850, Duarte had built the homestead place standing between the present townsites of Azusa and Duarte,? The old Andres Duarte homestead is owned [1888] by Capt. W. Bacon and Benj. Wheat. This is the pioneer home in Duarte, yet? has been very little improved. There is a substantial adobe house, and one of the old relics of the early times is the stretch of cactus fence, which enclosed a corral of several acres. The cactus is an imported variety and the fence is impenetrable. Only a small part of it remains. The present owners…have 6 acres in young orange trees, 2 in apricots and 10 in grapes, and are preparing to plant 1000 orange trees. Monvoia Messenger December 13,1888. Vol.III No. 4.
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