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"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 ...
Rancho Los Gatos or Santa Rita was a 4,424-acre (17.90 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Monterey County, California given in 1837 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to José Trinidad Espinoza. [1] The grant was northwest of present-day Salinas , bounded on the north by Espinosa Lake and Rancho Bolsa de las Escorpinas of his brother Salvador ...
Rancho Bolsa del Pajaro was a 5,496-acre (22.24 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Santa Cruz County, California given in 1837 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to Sebastian Rodríguez. [1] The name means "pocket of the Pajaro". Pocket usually refers to land surrounded by slough - in this case the Watsonville Slough.
Rancho Guejito in San Diego County is considered the last of the San Diego Ranchos to be undeveloped. Only a few historic structures and an 8,000 square feet (740 m 2 ) ranch house, built in the 1970s, occupy the 13,300 acres (5,400 ha).
Map of the Rancho El Rio de Santa Clara o la Colonia. Rancho El Rio de Santa Clara o la Colonia was a 44,883-acre (181.64 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Ventura County, California, given in 1837 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to seven people. [1]
Rancho San Jose was a 15,000-acre (61 km 2) Mexican land grant in northeastern Los Angeles County given in 1837 by Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado to Ygnacio Palomares and Ricardo Véjar. [1] Today, the communities of Pomona , LaVerne , San Dimas , Diamond Bar , Azusa , Covina , Walnut , Glendora , and Claremont are located in whole or part on ...
Rancho La Natividad was a 8,642-acre (34.97 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Monterey County, California, United States, given in 1837 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to Manuel Butrón and his son-in-law, Nicolás Alviso. [1] Rancho La Natividad and Rancho Los Vergeles were adjoining ranchos along Gabilan Creek north of present-day Salinas.
Rancho Santa Clara del Norte was a 13,989-acre (56.61 km 2) Mexican land grant on the Oxnard Plain in present-day Ventura County, California. It was granted in 1837 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to Juan María Sánchez. [1] The grant extended along the south bank of the Santa Clara River, east of present-day Oxnard and encompasses El Rio. [2]