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Pío de Jesús Pico was a Californio rancher and politician, the last governor of Alta California under Mexican rule. He served from 1845 to 1846. He was also elected to one term on the Los Angeles Common Council. Wikipedia  

✵ 5. May 1801 – 11. September 1894
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Pío Pico Quotes

“If those gringos imagine for a moment they can take me back there and show me in a side tent at two bits a head they are very mistaken.<”

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William David Estrada, Los Angeles Plaza: Sacred and contested space (2008)
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