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Two mountain ranges tower above Los Gatos: El Sombroso (the shadowing one) and El Sereno (the night watchman). The town was founded in the late 1860s on a portion of an 1840 Spanish land grant. The original grant was known as La Rinconada de los Gatos (corner of the cats), a name derived from the many mountain lions and wildcats that then inhabited the nearby hills.

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ARTICLELos Gatos Two mountain ranges tower above Los Gatos: El Sombroso (the shadowing one) and El Sereno (the night watchman). The town was founded in the late 1860s on a portion of an 1840 Spanish land grant. The original grant was known as La Rinconada de los Gatos (corner of the cats), a name derived from the many mountain lions and wildcats that then inhabited the nearby hills.Los Gatos
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