Los Angeles, Orange County (CA) Land & Surveyor Broadsheet Charter / Archive Ref: CA Historical Corp Index (1920s Charter) Primary Recorder Entry: OR Book 3889, Page 69 (Rec. Jan. 29, 1925)
Subtropic Farms Co. Est. 1920s · CA Ref CA Historical Corp Index (1920s Charter) · Los Angeles, Orange County Land Archive

Los Angeles County Land & Subsurface Ledger · Est. 1920s · Los Angeles, Orange County (CA)

How Subtropic Farms Co. Surveyed and Platted the Lands of Los Angeles, Orange County.

Organized by Edwin G. Hart / Pacific-Southwest Trust Group (1920s), Subtropic Farms Co. assembled and subdivided tracts across Los Angeles, Orange County (CA), recorded in the county clerk's books at OR Book 3889, Page 69 (Rec. Jan. 29, 1925). This broadsheet preserves the historical surveys, recorded plats, and deed index of the company.

Original Era
1920s
County Seat & Archive
Los Angeles, Orange County (CA)
Primary Recorder Entry
OR Book 3889, Page 69 (Rec. Jan. 29, 1925)
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Historical Newspaper & Archival Press Facsimiles for Subtropic Farms Co.

Inspect primary historical newspaper pages and press dispatches retrieved from The Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) documenting Subtropic Farms Co. in Los Angeles, Orange County (CA).

Texas Historical Newspaper Archive · ARK metapth1952378

San Antonio Sunday Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 282, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 27, 1935

Archival Texas newspaper edition (San Antonio Sunday Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 282, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 27, 1935) preserved in the Texas Digital Newspaper Archive (ARK Identifier: ark:/67531/metapth1952378), documenting regional land, townsite, and county history for the Los Angeles County corridor.

Chronicle of Los Angeles, Orange County

Land, Water, Surveys & the Story of Subtropic Farms Co.

In the public land records of Los Angeles County (CA), Subtropic Farms Co. stands as a key historical grantor across the Whittier Hills, Puente Hills, and Los Angeles Basin. Organized in 1920s by Edwin G. Hart / Pacific-Southwest Trust Group, the entity's recorded deeds at OR Book 3889, Page 69 (Rec. Jan. 29, 1925) established tract boundaries and express reservations across La Habra Heights Subtropic Drive & West Road Hillside Groves (OM Book 1 & OM Book 2).

  1. 1920s CA Charter · CA Historical Corp Index (1920s Charter)

    I. Parent Acquisition & Survey Assembly: Parent Survey & Tract Vesting Into Subtropic Farms Co.

    Organized by Edwin G. Hart / Pacific-Southwest Trust Group (1920s), Subtropic Farms Co. acquired parent survey acreage across Los Angeles, Orange County (CA), anchored at OR Book 3889, Page 69 (Rec. Jan. 29, 1925).

    Primary survey and subdivision calls indexed to Subtropic Farms Co. encompass La Habra Heights Subtropic Drive & West Road Hillside Groves (OM Book 1 & OM Book 2) as well as Assessor's Map Book No. 9 Storm-Drain & Canyon Contour Easements.

  2. Recorded at OR Book 3889, Page 69 (1925-01-29) Los Angeles, Orange County Official Records · OR Book 3889, Page 69 (Rec. Jan. 29, 1925)

    II. Out-Conveyance Program & Severed Estate Reservations (Subtropic Farms Co.)

    Across its Los Angeles, Orange County out-conveyances (OR Book 3889, Page 69 (1925-01-29)), Subtropic Farms Co. embedded express deed clauses: Storm-drain, canyon drainage channel, and contour road easements in gross. Verified in LA County Surveyor Abstract 7288433.pdf; platted on Assessor's Book No. 9.

    Additional recorded stipulations in the Los Angeles, Orange County chain of title include: Hillside orchard water-pipe and utility lateral reservations across La Habra Heights.

  3. Current Los Angeles, Orange County Abstract Los Angeles, Orange County Clerk & Appraisal Cross-Reference

    III. Chain-of-Title Verification Across La Habra Heights Subtropic Drive & West Road Hills

    Title examiners, surveyors, and landowners reviewing La Habra Heights Subtropic Drive & West Road Hillside Groves (OM Book 1 & OM Book 2) in Los Angeles, Orange County trace surface and subsurface chains directly through the 1920s instruments of Subtropic Farms Co. at OR Book 3889, Page 69 (Rec. Jan. 29, 1925).

    Use the searchable instrument ledger below or submit a Volume/Page citation to the Subtropic Farms Co. records desk for chain-of-title verification.

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Historical Subdivision, Survey & Deed Index

Search and filter the verified Los Angeles, Orange County recorder entries, survey abstracts, and tract citations below for Subtropic Farms Co..

Historical cross-reference of Subtropic Farms Co. deeds, survey abstracts, and recorder citations in Los Angeles, Orange County
Subdivision / Instrument Unit Recorder Citation Parties & Tract Call Historical Survey & Reservation Notes Series
Parent Survey & Tract Vesting Into Subtropic Farms Co. Los Angeles, Orange County Deed Records (Prior to OR Book 3889, Page 69 (Rec. Jan. 29, 1925)) Prior Survey Owners -> Subtropic Farms Co. (La Habra Heights Subtropic Drive & West Road Hillside Groves (OM Book 1 & OM Book 2)) Parent conveyances vesting fee simple surface and mineral title into Subtropic Farms Co. prior to subdivision and out-conveyance. Vesting Into Company
Storm-Drain & Canyon Easement Deed OR Book 3889, Page 69 (1925-01-29) Subtropic Farms Co., Pacific-Southwest Trust & Savings Bank & La Habra Heights Co. -> County of Los Angeles Verified in LA County Surveyor Abstract 7288433.pdf; platted on Assessor's Book No. 9. Official Records
Field Notes & Historical Curiosities

Why the Los Angeles, Orange County Land Records Look the Way They Do Today

Every old subdivision map and deed book in Los Angeles, Orange County is a record of early surveying, local development, and state property law.

Survey & Deed Provenance · Los Angeles County (1920s)

Boundary Calls and Recorder Citations: Subtropic Farms Co. at OR Book 3889, Page 69 (1925-01-29)

Organized during 1920s, Subtropic Farms Co. operated across the Whittier Hills, Puente Hills, and Los Angeles Basin, recording its primary instruments at OR Book 3889, Page 69 (Rec. Jan. 29, 1925). Examiners researching La Habra Heights Subtropic Drive & West Road Hillside Groves (OM Book 1 & OM Book 2) in the Los Angeles County Courthouse trace both surface lot lines and corridor alignments back to the calls established by Edwin G. Hart / Pacific-Southwest Trust Group and Subtropic Farms Co..

“Tracing metes, bounds, and survey calls for Subtropic Farms Co. across La Habra Heights Subtropic Drive & West Road Hillside Groves (OM Book 1 & OM Book 2) in Los Angeles County.”

Primary Surveys & Tracts Indexed:

  • La Habra Heights Subtropic Drive & West Road Hillside Groves (OM Book 1 & OM Book 2)
  • Assessor's Map Book No. 9 Storm-Drain & Canyon Contour Easements
Title & Reservation Analysis · Los Angeles County (CA)

Chain-of-Title Mechanics: Storm-drain, canyon drainage channel, and contour ...

Across La Habra Heights Subtropic Drive & West Road Hillside Groves (OM Book 1 & OM Book 2), deeds executed by Subtropic Farms Co. (OR Book 3889, Page 69 (1925-01-29)) separated the conveyed surface parcels from retained corporate rights (Storm-drain, canyon drainage channel, and contour road easements in gross). Long after active operations in 1920s concluded, those severed property interests endure as independent estates in the Los Angeles County Official Public Records.

“Subject to the express terms, exceptions, and reservations of Subtropic Farms Co. recorded at OR Book 3889, Page 69 (1925-01-29).”

Recorded Reservation & Deed Clauses Documented:

  • Storm-drain, canyon drainage channel, and contour road easements in gross
  • Hillside orchard water-pipe and utility lateral reservations across La Habra Heights
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This broadsheet is maintained as an Independent Historical Surveyor Atlas, Plat Archive & Chain-of-Title Research Index preserving the surveying, agricultural, mineral, and corporate history of Subtropic Farms Co. (CA Ref: CA Historical Corp Index (1920s Charter)) in Los Angeles, Orange County.

Whether you are a local historian, a landowner researching the history of your tract or subdivision, a surveyor examining historical map books, or a landman, division order analyst, or title examiner with a question regarding historical corporate records, leases, or deeds, use the form here to reach the archive desk.

Archival Reference Citation:
Entity: Subtropic Farms Co. (Est. 1920s · CA Ref CA Historical Corp Index (1920s Charter))
Primary County Record: OR Book 3889, Page 69 (Rec. Jan. 29, 1925) (Los Angeles, Orange County, CA)

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