He moved to Spadra (now part of Pomona) in 1862 and began engaging in sheep herding and cattle raising.
It was built in 1875 by Louis Phillips, who by the 1890s had become the wealthiest man in Los Angeles County.
In 1866, Schlesinger and Tischler sold the ranch to Louis Phillips.
By about 1875, Louis Phillips and John G. Downey (1827–1894) owned most of the southern four square league Portilla Rancho Valle de San Jose and the northern six square league Warner Rancho San Jose del Valle.
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