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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.
Former seal of the Institute as part of the University of California (1932-1943). The horse center dates back to 1925. [1] W.K. Kellogg had a longtime interest in Arabian horses, and purchased 377 acres (1.5 km 2) for $250,000 in Pomona, California, to establish a ranch.
Dos Vientos Ranch — Hidden Valley and the Santa Monica Mountains. Hidden Valley is a valley in the Santa Monica Mountains, in southeastern Ventura County, Southern California. [1] The unincorporated community in the valley is an equestrian ranch community with single family houses on 20-acre or more (8.1 ha) parcels of land. Residents rely on ...
Case no. 125, Southern District of California. Rancho Los Alamitos: 1834 Juan José Nieto: Mexico 06 (6 Spanish leagues) 28,027.17 acres (11,342.19 ha) August 29, 1874: 468 Spanish; diminutive form of el álamo, describing Populus fremontii: Orange, Los Angeles Case no. 290, Southern District of California: Rancho Azusa 1837 Ignacio Palomares ...
Spahn Ranch, also known as the Spahn Movie Ranch, was a 55-acre (22.3 ha) movie ranch in Los Angeles, California. For a period it was used as a ranch, dairy farm and later movie set during the era of westerns. After a decline in use for filming by the 1950s, its owner George Spahn established a stable for renting horses for riding on the varied ...
Mexican Land Grants in California, Historical Society of Southern California, Vol IX, pp. 236–243; Beck, Warren A.; Ynez D. Haase (1974). Historical Atlas of California. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-1212-3. Becker, Robert H. (1969). Designs on the land : disenos of California ranchos and their makers. San Francisco, Book Club of ...
As was a cookhouse to feed the men who lived and worked at the Ranch. Over time, sheds for tractors, autos and trucks edged out the teams of horses. Winegrapes eventually became the dominant crop in the late 1890's and beyond. The ranch was added as a Historic district to the National Register of Historic Places on July 8, 1993. [1]
Ventura Farms, formally known as Deerwood Stock Farm and Kentucky Park Farms, is a historic estate that is located in the Hidden Valley near Thousand Oaks, California. [1] [2] [3] Known for being a film location, the 2,200-acre (890 ha) ranch has been featured in a number of Western films and is still used for filming.