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In 1857, James Ross (1812–1862), in partnership with John and Henry Cowell, bought Rancho Punta de Quentin from Buckelew. Ross, a Scot who had arrived in San Francisco from Australia in 1848 and made his fortune in the wholesale liquor business, moved his family into the Buckelew home and set up a trading post called "Ross Landing". In 1870 ...
Jose Maria Sanchez (1804–1852), came to California from Mexico in 1825 forming a partnership with Francisco Perez Pacheco, grantee of Rancho Ausaymas y San Felipe. In 1840, Sanchez married Encarnacion Ortega (1824–1894), the daughter of Quentin Ortega and Vicenta Butron of Rancho San Ysidro .
The Rancho Nuestra Señora del Refugio ("Ranch of Our Lady of Refuge") was a 74,000-acre (300 km 2) Spanish land grant to José Francisco Ortega in 1794 and is the only land grant made under Spanish and confirmed by USA in 1866 to Jose Maria Ortega under the US Supreme Court rule in what is today Santa Barbara County, California.
House of the Sanz de Santamaría Family, Bogotá, Colombia. Casa Sanz de Santamaríaː Located in Carrera 5 # 9–10, Bogotá. Considered a national monument of Colombia. Historically significant residence is one of the tourist highlights in La Candelaria. [5] Santamaría Bullring or plazaː Located in the San Diego sector. Considered a ...
The Santa Maria Union High School, covering Santa Maria, Gary, Guadalupe, Los Alamos, Orcutt, and Sisquoc, opened for the 1891 fall semester in a brick grammar school on Main Street. 44 students were enrolled then, 14 freshmen, 9 "middlers", 18 juniors and 3 seniors. The first principal was George Russell, who was paid $80 per month.
Rancho Refugio was a 12,147-acre (49.16 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Santa Cruz County, California given in 1839 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to María Candida, Jacinta, and María de los Angeles Castro. [1]
Antonio Maria de la Guerra was born in 1825 in Santa Barbara. He served in the California Senate from 1851 to 1852 and twice as Mayor of Santa Barbara, from 1856 to 1858 and 1859 to 1864. [8] He served on the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors for several terms, including one as chairman.
Maria Josefa Soberanes, daughter of Feliciano, was granted Rancho Los Coches in 1841. Francisco Maria Soberanes (1818-1887), son of Feliciano, was granted Rancho Sanjon de Santa Rita in 1841. Mariano de Jesus Soberanes (1794-1859) was a soldier and also held the office of alcade in Monterey.