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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. Numerous locations are named after the family ...
With the help of his family connections, Pico was able to enter politics. By 1826, he had been elected to San Diego's town council and in 1828 he was elected to California's legislative body, known as a diputación. [21] In 1829, Echeandía gave Pico Rancho Jamul, which was the first major piece of land he owned.
The Pico family owned the ranch until 1941, when Joe, one of Jose Pico's sons, sold it to Santa Barbara County surveyor Frank Flournoy for $6,000 (equal to $124,300 today [1]). In turn, he sold the ranch to Ray and Rosalie Cornelius, who then purchased additional land for the property. [citation needed]
Pío Pico: 1801–1894 Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, San Gabriel, Alta California, New Spain (now California, U.S.) politician, ranchero, entrepreneur last Mexican Governor of Alta California and namesake of Pico Rivera: Ygnacio Sepúlveda: 1842–1916 Pueblo de Los Ángeles, Alta California, Viceroyalty of New Spain (now California, U.S.)
In 1862, to thwart collectors, Andrés Pico conveyed all of his land in California, including a half interest in the family's Rancho Santa Margarita to brother Pio Pico. In 1864, Forster purchased Pio Pico's 133,000-acre (540 km 2 ) Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores y San Onofre, which included Andrés’ prior interest.
Salomón Pico was a member of the Pico family of California, a prominent Californio family. He was born on the Rancho del Rey San Pedro near Salinas, California [3] and baptized at Mission San Juan Bautista. His father was José Dolores Pico, a soldier with the Presidio of Monterey.
Rancho Simi, also known as Rancho San José de Nuestra Señora de Altagracia y Simí, was a 113,009-acre (457 km 2) Spanish land grant in what is now eastern Ventura and western Los Angeles counties granted in 1795 to Santiago Pico, founder of the Pico family of California. After Santiago Pico's death in 1815, the Rancho was regranted to ...
Antonio María Pico, a member of the prominent Pico family of California. Rancho Pescadero was a 35,546-acre (143.85 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day San Joaquin County, California and Alameda County, California given in 1843 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Antonio María Pico. [1] Pescadero means "the fishery" or "the place to fish ...