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With the cession of California to the United States following the Mexican-American War, the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho La Ciénega ó Paso de la Tijera was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1852, [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] and the ...
Further back in history, California lands were organized into Spanish land grants or "Ranchos". In the case of Orange County, there is record of José Antonio Yorba and Juan Pablo Peralta (nephew) being granted Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana in 1810, year of the commencement of the war of Mexican Independence .
These California land grants were made by Spanish (1784–1821) and Mexican (1822–1846) authorities of Las Californias and Alta California to private individuals before California became part of the United States of America. [1] Under Spain, no private land ownership was allowed, so the grants were more akin to free leases.
Grants for Green Projects Available Through California American Water's 2013 Environmental Grant Program Water Utility Offers $10,000 in California for Community Improvement Projects CORONADO ...
Rancho geography remains readily visible in this L.A. County map created the year before the establishment of neighboring Orange County (1888) Federal Writers' Project map of the ranchos of Los Angeles County (1937); appears to be in the same style as many American Guide Series maps so possibly produced but not used for Los Angeles: A Guide to the City and Its Environs
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Butte City Project: Park property Butte: 37 15 2007 In development, not open to public Calaveras Big Trees State Park: State park Calaveras and Tuolumne: 6,498 2,630 1931 Protects two large groves of giant sequoias. [36] California Citrus State Historic Park: State historic park Riverside: 248 100 1984 Interprets the influence of the state's ...
The San Diego City Council and Gloria reached an agreement last week in which he proposed adding another 1,000 shelter beds to bring the total number of beds in the Southern California city to ...