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Rancho Temecula was a 26,609-acre (107.68 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Riverside County, California given on December 14, 1844 [1] by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Feliz Valdez. [2] The grant extended south along the east bank Murrieta Creek to Temecula Creek and encompassed present-day Temecula , Murrieta and Murrieta Hot Springs .
Only a few historic structures and an 8,000 square feet (740 m 2) ranch house, built in the 1970s, occupy the 13,300 acres (5,400 ha). Benjamin Coates purchased the land in the 1970s after Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a purchase that would have made Guejito a state park. Coates purchased an additional 8,700 acres (3,500 ha) of surrounding land ...
Calavo Growers, Inc., was founded on January 21, 1924, as the California Avocado Growers' Exchange. Due to overwhelming interest in the avocado, many California growers had planted avocado seeds that had originated in Mexico. Although slow to mature, by 1923 those avocado trees were producing a large enough crop to be marketed.
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The Fallbrook Community Planning Area is approximately 44 square miles (110 km 2). [10] According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 17.6 square miles (46 km 2). 17.5 square miles (45 km 2) of it is land and 0.03 square miles (0.078 km 2) of it (0.19%) is water.
Rancho Little Temecula was a 2,233-acre (9.04 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Riverside County, California given in 1845 by Governor Pío Pico to Pablo Apis. [1] [2] The grant was one of the few held by indigenous people. [3] The grant is south of present-day Temecula and is bordered on the north by Temecula Creek.
In the late 1970s to early 1980s consumption surged again due to Latino immigration. During the period avocado consumption tripled in Mexico as well. The present Commission was organized in 1978 as a successor to the Advisory Board. In the 1980s there was a boom in avocado planting in California, mostly by small, semi-professional growers. [1]
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