Torojoatngna ("the place below Joat" or "the place below snowy mountain") [2] was a Tongva village located in what is now Claremont, California. The name of the village referred the place below Mount San Antonio as the place of snow. [2] Archaeological investigations in the Claremont area have found evidence of village artifacts near the "Indian Hill" area of the city, located near the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Gardens. [2] [3] [4]
The Tongva had established villages in the area as early as 7000 B.C. [1]
The land came under the influence of Spanish colonizers with the establishment and growth of Mission San Gabriel in 1771. [1]
The First Mexican Republic secularized the missions in 1833, dissolving its lands into ranchos. Rancho San Jose was established in the area by 1837. [1]
In 1870, the village was still active with over 200 residents, many of whom worked at local ranchos such as Spadra and Puente to survive. [1] In 1873 however a smallpox outbreak ravaged the village and by 1883 it was noted that it had been abandoned. [1]
The village site was recorded on a map published in the early twentieth century. [1]
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