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The last addition to the property in Hart's lifetime,

according to the chain of title, was the purchase of Lots 27, 28,

and 29 of Tract 2703, recorded on 21 October 1933. This property

al so had bel anged to the Purrucker family1 y and was purchased from

B. L. Bates. The parcel, which comprised the southeast portion

of the Horseshoe Ranch, contained onlyy minimal i improvements on

Lot 27 which almost disappeared by 1935. Lot 29 contained part

of a Southern California Edison Company right of way which

extended through the southerH portion of Lot 31 of Tract 2703.

With the purchase of these three lots, the Horseshoe Ranch was
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complete.

The Los Angel es County Parks and Recreation Department began

operating the Horseshoe Ranch as a County park in 1957. In order

to increase the land available for recreational use, the County

purchased three parcels adjacent to the Horseshoe Ranch which

expanded the park to its present limits. These additions

included the Frew property tn the northeastern section, a small1

half of three lots on the western edge along Market Street (see

map 4).

In 1958 the County of Los Angeles purchased the property

Located i in the northeast
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section of Hart Park, the parcel consisted of Lots 22, 23, and 24

of Tract 1059, which bordered the Horseshoe Ranch on two sides

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