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Rancho La Cañada was a 5,832-acre (23.60 km 2) Mexican land grant in the San Rafael Hills and Crescenta Valley, of present-day Los Angeles County, California given in 1843 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to a Mexican schoolteacher from Los Angeles, Ygnacio Coronel. [1] The name means "ranch of the canyon".
Rancho Cañada de Raymundo was a 12,545-acre (50.77 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day San Mateo County, California given August 4, 1840 to Raimundo (also known as Raymundo), a native of Baja California, who was sent out by the padres of Mission Santa Clara to capture runaway Mission Indians in 1797.
Rancho Cañada de Verde y Arroyo de la Purísima was a 8,906-acre (36.04 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day San Mateo County, California given in 1838 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to José María Alviso. [1] The name roughly translates to ranch of the green glen and brook of the Purest (as in Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary). [2]
Rancho Cañada Larga o Verde was a 6,659-acre (26.95 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Ventura County, California given in 1841 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to Joaquina Alvarado. [1] The grant extended along Sulphur Canyon Creek, east of the Ventura River , between Ventura and Ojai .
Rancho Cañada de la Segunda was a 4,367-acre (17.67 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Monterey County, California given in 1839 by Governor José Castro to Lazaro Soto. [1] The grant extended along the north bank of the Carmel River , from the Pacific coast and present day Carmel-by-the-Sea up into the Carmel Valley.
Rancho Cañada de los Nogales was a 1,200-acre (4.9 km 2) Mexican land grant in present day Los Angeles County, California given in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to José Maria Aguilar. [1] The name means "canyon of the walnut trees" and refers to stands of California Black Walnut trees.
Rancho Cañada de los Alisos was a 10,668-acre (43.17 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Orange County, California given by Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado to Jose Antonio Fernando Serrano in 1842, and enlarged by a second grant by Pio Pico in 1846. [1]
Rancho Cañada de los Vaqueros was a 17,760-acre (71.9 km 2) Mexican land grant mostly in present-day eastern Contra Costa County, California, and partially into northeastern Alameda County, California. Los Vaqueros Reservoir, located between Livermore and Brentwood in the Diablo Range, is on and named for the former rancho.