Editing Burbank, California (section)

=== Indigenous peoples and Spanish era ===
The history of the Burbank area can be traced back to the [[Tongva]] people, the indigenous people of the area, who lived in the region for thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ogilvie |first=Jessica | url = https://laist.com/news/la-history/why-a-property-worth-millions-was-returned-to-tongva-tribe | title = Why A Property Worth Millions Was Returned To The Tongva Tribe | newspaper = laist.com work | date = October 10, 2022 | access-date = January 16, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite map |author = larivermasterplan.org |title = Indigenous Villages |trans-title = Fernandeño Tataviam Villages Gabrielino Tongva Villages |map = Indigenous Villages |map-url = https://larivermasterplan.org/wp-content/uploads/24x36_Masterplan_IndigenousVillages.pdf|date = |year = 2019 |url = https://larivermasterplan.org/wp-content/uploads/24x36_Masterplan_IndigenousVillages.pdf |scale = 24x36 |series =
 1 |publisher = larivermasterplan.org |cartography = |page = 1|pages = |section = 1|sections = |inset = |edition = |location = Los Angeles, California |language = English |format = pdf |isbn = |id = |access-date = January 16, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Greene |first1=Sean | last2=Curwen |first2=Thomas |website=Los Angeles Times |url = https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-tongva-map/ | title = Mapping the Tongva villages of L.A.'s past | date = May 9, 2019 | access-date = January 16, 2023}}</ref> In the late 18th century and the early 19th century, Spanish explorers and mission priests arrived in the Los Angeles area. The city of Burbank occupies land that was previously part of two Spanish and Mexican-era colonial land grants: the {{convert|36400|acre|km2|adj=on}} [[Rancho San Rafael]], granted to [[Jose Maria Verdugo]] by the Spanish [[House of Bourbon|Bourbon]] government in 1784, and the {{convert|4063|acre|km2|adj=on}} [[Rancho Providencia]] created in 1821. This area was the scene of a military skirmish which resulted in the unseating of the Spanish Governor of California, and his replacement by the Mexican leader [[Pio Pico]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.militarymuseum.org/LaProvidencia.html | publisher = The California State Military Museum | title = Battle of La Providencia: Second Battle of Cahuenga Pass | access-date = January 4, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081026082407/http://www.militarymuseum.org/LaProvidencia.html | archive-date = October 26, 2008 | url-status = live }}</ref>