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Alisal, or El Alisal (The Sycamores), was a Californio settlement located on the lands of the Rancho Santa Rita near the site of an Indian ranchera, around the Francisco Solano Alviso Adobe, called El Alisal (The Sycamores), [1] one of the earliest houses built in the Livermore Valley in 1844. Note that even though the database and plaque use ...
Rancho El Alisal was a 8,912-acre (36.07 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Monterey County, California, given in 1833 by Governor José Figueroa to the brothers Feliciano and Mariano Soberanes and to William Edward Petty Hartnell. [1] Alisal means Alder tree (sycamore) in Spanish.
Jackson was a co-founder of the Santa Barbara Riding and Hunt Club, in the suburb of Hope Ranch, alongside Amy DuPont, Charles E. Jenkins, Harold S. Chase, Dwight Murphy, C.K.G. Billings, John Mitchell, George Owen Knapp, Peter Cooper Bryce, Col. G. Watson French and F. W. Leadbetter in the 1920s.
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The historic Spanish and Mexican Ranchos that were located in present-day Monterey County, California Further information: Ranchos of California and List of Ranchos of California Pages in category "Ranchos of Monterey County, California"
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.
Rancho Santa Teresa was a 9,647-acre (39.04 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Santa Clara County, California given in 1834 by Governor José Figueroa to José Joaquín Bernal. [1] The grant extended west from Coyote Creek to the Santa Teresa Hills , and included present-day Santa Teresa .
Alisal High School, Salinas, California; Rancho El Alisal, a Mexican land grant in present-day Monterey County, California; El Alisal, alternate name of the Lummis House in Los Angeles; Alisal Creek, a tributary of the Santa Ynez River in Santa Barbara County, California