Prior to 1800

Povuu'nga (Tongva Ceremonial and Trading Village)

1542–1790

Crown of Spain

Florence Bixby on the
Geranium Walk, September, 1938

1790-1804

Manuel Perez Nieto (First land grantee, 300,000 acres)

1804-1834

Juan Jose Nieto

1834-1835

Jose Fiqueroa (Governor of Mexico)

1835-1842

Francisco Figueroa

1842-1865

Abel Stearns (Signer of the California Constitution)

1866-1881

Michael Reese

1881-1887

John W. Bixby & Partners

1887-1906

Susan Hathaway Bixby & Children

1906-1911

Fred Bixby & Susanna Bixby Bryant

1911-1952

Fred H. Bixby

1952-1961

Florence Green Bixby

1961-1967

Katharine, Florence Elizabeth & Frederick Bixby

1968 - Today

The City & People of Long Beach