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The Ridge Route Communities Museum and Historical Society recently offered a destination luncheon that gave participants a look at one of the oldest buildings between La and Stockton, La Liebre Adobe. This is a continuation of the story of Edward Beale and La Liebre that was in The Loop newspaper's Oct. 14 issue. After being stationed in California during the Mexican-American War in 1846, the famed Navy Lt., and later the Commander of the Pacific Squadron, Edward Beale purchased an old Mexican...
The name Edward Beale should sound familiar to many. Among his laundry list of accomplishments in politics and military that brought him notoriety, Beale owned the locally-famous Tejon Ranch and an adjacent ranch named La Liebre. A destination lunch on Sept. 6 offered by the Ridge Route Communities Museum and Historical Society at what is thought to be the oldest building between Los Angeles and Stockton revealed the storied past of Beale and his La Liebre Adobe. As more Americans started coming...