Pío Pico
Pío Pico (
May 5,
1801 -
September 11,
1894) was the last
Mexican Governor of
Alta California, now the
U.S. state of
California. Among other accomplishments, he successfully survived the Mexican-American transition and after the signing of the
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo he returned to
Los Angeles and was elected to the Los Angeles City Council. Pico is buried at the El Campo Santo Cemetery at the Homestead Museum in the
City of Industry.
Pico Boulevard, a major east-west thoroughfare in Los Angeles, is named after the governor.
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