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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.
The Flores Adobe was built 1838–45 by Governor José María Flores on Rancho San Pascual.. During the Mexican era (1821–1846), grantees received legal title to the land. In 1821, Mexico achieved its independence from Spain, and California came under control of the Mexican government.
In 1821, Mexico achieved its independence from Spain, and California came under control of the Mexican government. The 1824 Mexican Colony Law established rules for petitioning for land grants to individuals in California. Regulations enacted in 1828 attempted to break the monopoly of the missions and also made land grants easier to obtain.
As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim was filed with the United States Public Land Commission in 1852 [21] [22] and the land grant was patented to Eulogio de Celis in 1873. [23] De Celis, with his wife and family, went back to Spain in 1854, where he died in 1869. San Fernando Valley: 1880 map with land grant boundaries
The 1562 map of the Americas, created by Spanish cartographer Diego Gutiérrez, which applied the name California for the first time.. California was the name given to a mythical island populated only by beautiful Amazon warriors, as depicted in Greek myths, using gold tools and weapons in the popular early 16th-century romance novel Las Sergas de Esplandián (The Adventures of Esplandián) by ...
The flood-prone Tulare Lake Basin is the one part of the Central Valley that has a special exemption from state-required flood control plans, leaving the area without a clear public strategy for ...
Saddleback Valley; Salinas Valley; Saline Valley; San Bernardino Valley; San Felipe Valley, California; San Fernando Valley; San Gabriel Valley; San Jacinto Valley; San Joaquin Valley; San Juan Valley; San Lorenzo Valley; San Ramon Valley; Sanel Valley; Santa Ana Canyon; Santa Ana Valley; Santa Clara River Valley; Santa Clara Valley; Santa ...
An empty and slightly smaller lot up for sale before the fire was listed at $3.2 million. "Here, what's really valuable is the land," said Auerbach of her neighborhood overlooking Santa Monica Bay.