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The Spanish Crown granted the 75,000 acres (300 km 2) of land to soldier Juan José Domínguez in 1784, with his descendants validating their legal claim with the Mexican government at 48,000 acres (190 km 2) in 1828, and later maintaining their legal claim through a United States patent validating 43,119 acres (174.50 km 2) in 1858.
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Rancho San Julian was a 48,222-acre (195.15 km 2) Mexican land grant and present-day ranch in present-day Santa Barbara County, California given in 1837 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to José de la Guerra y Noriega. [1] The grant name probably refers to José Antonio Julian de la Guerra. The grant was located west of present-day Santa Barbara ...
Don José Castro, a former Governor of Alta California. José Castro House in 1934. José Antonio Castro's father José Tiburcio Castro was a soldier, member of the Diputación (the legislature of Alta California), [4] administrator of Mission San Juan Bautista after it was secularized, and grantee of Rancho Sausal.
The Rancho San Pedro is the site of the First Spanish land grant in California. The land was usurped from the indigenous inhabitants by Spanish soldiers and missionaries, and in 1784 King Carlos III granted the land to Juan Jose Dominguez, a retired Spanish soldier who came to California with the Portola expedition and later with Father Juniperro Serra.
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A January 2023 study found that 10 minutes of physical exercise — a brisk walk or a round of squats — per day can improve cognition over time, which means working out improves your brain as ...
Rancho Pescadero (also called Rancho San Antonio) was a 3,282-acre (13.28 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day San Mateo County, California, [1] given in 1833 by Governor José Figueroa to Juan José Gonzales. [2] At the time, the grant was in Santa Cruz County; an 1868 boundary adjustment gave the land to San Mateo County. The name means ...