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Rancho Nipomo Dana Adobe and re-enactor, 2012. Rancho Nipomo was a 37,888-acre (153.33 km 2) Mexican land grant in present day San Luis Obispo County, California given in 1837 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to William Goodwin Dana. [2] The grant encompassed present day Nipomo. [3] [4] [5] The ranch is designated as a California Historical ...
The Dana Adobe & Cultural Center or "Casa de Dana" is a historic landmark in Nipomo, California.It was the home of Boston sea captain William Goodwin Dana, who in 1837 was granted the 37,888-acre (153.33 km 2) Rancho Nipomo in Southern California.
This list includes properties and districts listed on the California Historical Landmark listing in San Luis Obispo County, California.Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view a Google map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below.
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Rancho Nipomo (the Chumash word ne-po-mah meant "foot of the hill") was one of the first and largest of the Mexican land grants in San Luis Obispo County. Dana Adobe William G. Dana of Boston, a sea captain whose travels led him to California, married Maria Josefa Carrillo of Santa Barbara.
The Pico Adobe, built by Pío Pico in 1853 on Rancho Paso de Bartolo The Casa de Dana was built on Rancho Nipomo in 1839. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the Mexican land grants would be honored. To investigate and confirm titles in California, American officials acquired the provincial records of the Spanish and Mexican ...
It was held in Los Angeles County, California, at Dominguez Field, southwest of the Dominguez Rancho Adobe in present-day Rancho Dominguez, California. Spectator turnout numbered approximately 254,000 over 11 days of ticket sales. [2] The Los Angeles Times called it "one of the greatest public events in the history of the West." [3]
The land was part of the 167,000-acre (680 km 2) Rancho Los Nietos land grant to Manuel Nieto that was eventually divided into six parcels, one of which was Rancho los Cerritos. [7] In 1843, Temple purchased the rancho and built the adobe house in 1844 as headquarters for his cattle operations.