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Don Pio Pico, his wife Maria Ignacia Alvarado, and two nieces, Maraneto Alvarado and Trinidad de la Guerra. Pico's wife María Ignacia Alvarado died on February 21, 1854, in Santa Barbara. [86] Pico never acknowledged any children with her or anyone else, [15] but multiple people claimed to have been his direct descendants.
Pío Pico, the last Governor of Alta California prior to the Conquest of California.. The Pico family is a prominent Californio family of Southern California. [1] [2] Members of the family held extensive rancho grants and numerous important positions, including Governor of Alta California, signer of the Constitution of California, and California State Senator, among numerous others.
Pio Pico State Historic Park was one of the 48 California state parks proposed for closure in January 2008 by California's Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as part of a deficit reduction program. [1] None of the proposed closures occurred then, however, the park was again targeted along with some seventy state parks for closure in 2011 by ...
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 ...
Rancho Jamul was a 8,926-acre (36.12 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day San Diego County, California, given in 1829 by Mexican governor José María de Echeandía to Pío Pico. [1] [2] In 1831, Governor Manuel Victoria reconfirmed the grant to Pío Pico. [3] The grant extended from present day Jamul southeast to Dulzura.
Moreno joined Governor Pío Pico in Mexico where they petitioned for arms, munitions, men, and money to defend Alta California. Towards the conclusion of the war in 1848, Pico returned to Los Angeles as a private citizen, but Moreno remained in Mexico. There, he raised a company of guerrilla soldiers to combat U.S. forces in Baja California.
Rancho El Chorro (also called Rancho Cañada del Chorro) was a 3,167-acre (12.82 km 2) Mexican land grant in present day San Luis Obispo County, California given in 1845 by Governor Pío Pico to business partners James (Diego) Scott and John (Juan) Wilson. [1] The grant between Morro Bay and San Luis Obispo extended along the north bank of ...
Rancho Fernandez was a 17,806-acre (72.06 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Butte County, California given to Dionisio Zenon Fernandez and Máximo Zenon Fernandez in 1846 by Governor Pío Pico. [1] The grant extended along the west bank of the Feather River, and encompassed present-day Oroville and Thermalito. [2]