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Rancho Lompoc was a 42,085-acre (170.31 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Santa Barbara County, California given in 1837 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to Joaquín Carrillo and José Antonio Carrillo. [1] The grant extended from present-day Lompoc west to the Pacific coast. [2] [3]
In 1837, the Mexican government sold the area as the Rancho Lompoc land grant. Following the U.S. conquest of California , multiple settlers acquired the Lompoc Valley, including William Welles Hollister , who sold the land around the mission to the Lompoc Valley Land Company, which established a temperance colony which incorporated in 1888 as ...
"California in 1846" map shows geographic distribution of Spanish and Mexican land grants Mexican land grants of Tehama County, California (Bureau of Land Management map, 1997) These California land grants were made by Spanish (1784–1821) and Mexican (1822–1846) authorities of Las Californias and Alta California to private individuals ...
Kiki's Mexican Restaurant: El Paso, Texas: El Paso, Texas: 1976 1 Founded in 1976 and has remained in same location. [1] King Taco: Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, California 1974 22 La Bamba Mexican Restaurant: Champaign, Illinois: Champaign, Illinois: 1987 8 La Salsa: Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, California 1979 23 Lucha Libre ...
Another origin was the founding of Acapulco Mexican Restaurant and Cantina in 1960. In 1998, Acapulco became owned by the private equity firm Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co. , [ 2 ] which expanded it into Real Mex Restaurants, acquiring El Torito , Chevy's Fresh Mex and other Mexican full-service chains. [ 3 ]
A local Mexican restaurant chain has closed its two Sacramento area locations. In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Mexico Lindo Cocina Mexicana announced that its eateries in El Dorado Hills and ...
The historic district of Old Town Newhall (a.k.a. Downtown Newhall) is a major cultural and business center. It contains many independent restaurants, stores, and theaters, as well as a public library. The areas surrounding Old Town Newhall are predominantly Hispanic, [9] and there are many Mexican restaurants. The Old Town Newhall Farmers ...
Casmalia (Chumash: Kasma’li, meaning "it is the last") [3] [4] is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Barbara County, California located just outside the borders of Vandenberg Air Force Base about 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Santa Maria. The ZIP Code is 93429, and the community is inside area code 805. The population was 138 at the ...