Today in Presidential History: Yorba Linda Edition

1.9.1913: Nixon was born in Yorba Linda.

A dynasty:

One of Yorba’s daughters, Maria Rosa, married Leonardo Cota, a renown ranchero-pueblo descendant, of Mexican-American war fame, later to be one of the early Los Angeles County Supervisors. Another daughter, Ramona, married Benjamin Davis Wilson, one of the first mayors of The City of Los Angeles. Soon after their marriage, they settled in the San Bernardino area and through Ramona’s marriage dowry, obtained Rancho Jurupa from her father, which would become the predecessor community of Riverside County.