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- Опубликовано: 20 авг 2024
- "The Dominguez" is a powerful and revealing documentary that tells the story of one family that helped shape the history of Los Angeles and California. In 1784, the Dominguez family was given the first land grant in all of California, called Rancho San Pedro, which covered 75,000 acres southwest of Los Angeles.
Pioneers in a region once controlled by Spain, the Dominguez dealt with California changing hands to the Mexican government and then to the United States, facing all kinds of challenges in the process. Floods, earthquakes and even a battle fought on their property during the Mexican-American War, were some of the obstacles they overcame.
The Dominguez were instrumental in writing the first Constitution for the state of California, and they put Los Angeles on the world map and made aviation history in the twentieth century. The documentary is dynamic and full of rich history, and combines never-before-seen interviews with historians, community leaders and family descendants.
The Dominguez legacy remains strong today and proves that if an individual can affect the course of history, we all can do something to make this world a better place.
Original Music by: Jorge Alberto Sanchez
Narrated by: Hector Diego Medina
Produced by: Katie Skow and Ricardo Villarreal
Directed by: Ricardo Villarreal
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My 3rd Great Grandmother was Maria Antonia Dominguez. This video is a great resource of historical facts
Thank you so much for posting this online! My family are descendants of Dominguez and we just finished watching it.
Thank you so much for your comment and for watching the documentary! What line of the Dominguez descendants is your family from? Is your family still in the Los Angeles area? Thanks again!
@@RicardoVillarreal33 Manuel Dominguez -> Maria Victoria -> Virginia Adelaide -> Grace Caldwell. Thanks again! My brother and I are 9th generation California and very proud of it :)
@@raider1284 wonderful, from the Carson side! Not many people can say they are 9th generation! Quite unique. Thanks again for your comments and watching the documentary! All the best!
Raider1284 id like to meet you one day.. I am desendent of Juanita Dominguez. Currently reside in Northern California. North Bay Area
@@echosix262 I'm related to Maria Antonia Dominguez. Nice to meet you (online that is .LOL)
gives me pride of being from Compton :) we have history!
Yes! And it is in Compton where the last remaining parts of the first land grant in all of California still remain with the Dominguez family descendants. Thank you for watching the film!
Yes my dad told me about my heritage, I am Dominguez
Great video! Thank you!
Thank you so much for watching! Was there any part of the Dominguez history you particularly liked or was surprised about? Thanks again!
I was born on the Spanish Land Grant of 1784 on April 6, 1980 Alta California. Rad!!!
That's awesome! Thanks for watching the documentary. Was there any particular thing that you found revealing? Thanks!
Thank you. Very interesting.
I attended Dominguez high school and live on the east Rancho dominguez area and wonder alot about compton, Carson ,Torrance, rancho san pedro and palos verdes and wow this is actually incredible and even a battle taken place in the compton creek with the californio's it's amazing stuff to learn👍
Thank you so much for your comment and for watching this documentary. It is indeed amazing and so inspiring that this region saw many influential events and transformations thanks to the Dominguez family, whose impact not only shaped Los Angeles, but the State of California as well. Thanks again, all the best!
Arriba Los Dominguez somos una familia grandísima ❤️
I was born at Dominguez hospital 10 31 1989 grew up in east lynwood
Been trabajo en este documentário! Me gusta mucho. 😃
Great show! I thought I knew I knew my CA history, learned a lot- thank you
Thank you so much for watching, Vince! I'm glad you liked it and learned from the documentary. Yes, California has an interesting and rich history, full of fascinating characters and events. All the best!
This is my familia
Impressive documentary! Good work Mr. Villarreal! Thanks for sharing this with us.
Thank you so much for watching and your very kind comment! I appreciate it! Best regards!
Informative 👍
what an interesting documentary! This inspired me to make a stop motion!
Grew up in Dominguez from 66 till 81
Thank you for your comment and for watching the documentary. From your time living in the area, did you ever visit the Dominguez Adobe Museum? Any part of the history you found particularly interesting? Thank you so much again!
Oh i went there when i was small i remember being facinated to learn about the Adobe and loving being there but dont remember to much else i remember flowers also lol and still have to finish the documentary. Thank you. Stay safe.
@@candya4824 Oh, yeah, they are very proud of the flower garden and always keep it impeccable. Thanks again!
My last name is Dominguez.
My grandma was born in a wagon on the Mexico border into California.
She was the one of the first brown in VALLEJO region
That's cool my last name is Dominguez
Me too where u from Lol
I heard that Saint Father Junipero Serra was going to start a Mission here in Saint Peter of Alexandria better known as San Pedro.. but because of lack of water at the time moved on and built Missions elsewhere.
Dominguez baby Born and raised in Southern California my fam
Interesting history of what we now call the south bay region of los angeles
Thank you Doug for your comment and for watching the documentary. The LA area has grown tremendously over the years, but it was through many right decisions taken back when the region was smaller and less populated, that the whole area became more important and influential in California, the US, and globally. Thanks again!
Cool video but I do believe there is an issue with the claim of Rancho San Pedro being the first spanish land grant in California. From what I can find Rancho San Pedro was granted in 1784 from Spain. Yet if you look further you will find that the first California land grant from Spain was to Manuel Butron in 1775. Ironically he was married to a native who took the name Magarita Maria Dominguez. He didn't hold the land long and I do remember reading that if the land is abandoned it reverts back to Spain. That aside I do like the histrory here.
Thank you for your message and for watching! I appreciate you sharing that information, as I didn't know about Manuel Butrón. Do you know if the land given to him had a name, just like the Ranchos? On a quick search, there is a mention on Wikipedia regarding Rancho La Natividad, which his son, also named Manuel Butrón, and his son-in-law Nicolás Alviso, received as Mexican land grant in 1837. Also there, on the first paragraph under History, there is a mention with what you shared about him receiving the first California land grant in 1775, but it doesn't give any more detail.
I used the book "California Legacy" by Historian Dr. Judson Grenier. On this topic, on page 18 he mentions: "the early land grants took the form of 'permissions' to graze cattle" (perhaps they were not permanent land grants and it must be here where Butrón should have been mentioned). Dr. Grenier then explains that in 1776 a new order of the King of Spain gave local governors the right to recommend much larger grants... and goes on to describe the first three recipients of land grants: Juan José Domínguez (Rancho San Pedro), José Verdugo (Rancho San Rafael), and Manuel Nieto (Rancho Los Nietos).
Thanks again for your valuable comment and for sharing your knowledge of early California history. Have a great weekend!
Maria ? A native you say
What happen to the cemetery? I remember it's was a cemetery.........!!!!!!
My lastname is 'Domingue' my people from louisiana
Very interesting, I had not heard that last name variation. I assume your last name "Domingue" is originally from France? Thank you for your comment!
Much respect brother we are related through ancestry.
Our History can run deep as well. Born in New Orleans. Canary Island
My Mother is Rosales Dominguez we are from Perú
History of my ancestors and last name.
Thank you for your comment and watching the film. Much appreciated!
Even know we did that i am forced to go to jeil and i was the victim and got bet up in stockton ca i am john Dominguez and thay took everything from me and the cops stoll my son cuz i got bet up