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Rancho Santa Gertrudes was a 21,298-acre (86.19 km 2) 1834 Mexican land grant, in present-day Los Angeles County, California, resulting from a partition of Rancho Los Nietos. A former site of Nacaugna , the rancho lands included the present-day cities of Downey , Santa Fe Springs and the northern part of Norwalk .
Rancho de los Palos Verdes: 1827 José L. Sepúlveda: Mexico 565 José L. Sepúlveda, et al. 31,629.43 acres (12,799.98 ha) June 22, 1880: 439 Spanish; el palo is a wooden stick; verde is green en Español: Rancho de Los Palos Colorados Los Angeles Rancho Paso de Bartolo Viejo: 1835 Juan Crispin Perez Mexico 02 (2 Spanish leagues) 061 Patented ...
Santa Clara: Potrero de Santa Clara: 1844 Manuel Micheltorena: James Alexander Forbes: 1,939 acres (785 ha) 77 ND San Jose: Santa Clara: Tres Ojos de Agua: 1844 Manuel Micheltorena: Nicolas Dodero 176 acres (71 ha) 285 SD Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz: Los Corralitos: 1844 Manuel Micheltorena: Jose Amesti 15,440 acres (6,248 ha) 175 SD, 398 SD, 399 SD ...
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.
Nieto retired from duty and settled down on his rancho with his family. [citation needed] A small community called Los Nietos gradually built up around the Nietos adobe home, which was near the Indian village of Sejat on the San Jose Creek. Today, the area of West Whittier-Los Nietos, California is located near the original rancho home site. [2]
María Gertrudis Peralta Berrelleza died at age 36 in December 1802 and was buried at Mission San José (Her brother Luís María Peralta later became a powerful landowner, with holdings in San José as well as the extensive Rancho San Antonio. [4]). Nicolás Berrelleza remarried November 19, 1803, at Mission Santa Clara, to 13-year-old María ...
Don Pío Pico, the last Governor of Alta California, acquired Rancho Paso de Bartolo in 1847. His former estate on the rancho is preserved today as the Pío Pico State Historic Park . Rancho Paso de Bartolo also called Rancho Paso de Bartolo Viejo was a 10,075-acre (40.77 km 2 ) Mexican land grant in present-day Los Angeles County, California ...
Although the historical record is unclear as to whether Santa Gertrudis was the site of refuge, historian E. M. Sheridan wrote as follows in an unpublished account: "Miguel was put in charge of the advance guard of Indians to head northward and make arrangements for the reception at Casitas, at the Chapel of Santa Gertrudis which was considered ...