Puente: Captain Portola's expedition built a bridge here in 1769
to cross a muddy arroyo. The town land was once part of the
48,470 Rancho La Puente granted to John Rowland and William
Workman. These men arrived in 1841 as members of the first
overland wagon train to reach Los Angeles. There was once an
Awinga Indian village near the grounds of the current high
school.