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  2. Mexican Cession - Wikipedia

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    Shown is the area Mexico ceded to the United States in 1848, minus Texan claims. The Mexican Cession consisted of the present-day U.S. states of California, Nevada, Utah, most of Arizona, the western half of New Mexico, the western quarter of Colorado, and the southwest corner of Wyoming. The Mexican Cession (Spanish: Cesión mexicana) is the ...

  3. Homestead Acts - Wikipedia

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    The Homestead Acts were several laws in the United States by which an applicant could acquire ownership of government land or the public domain, typically called a homestead. In all, more than 160 million acres (650 thousand km 2; 250 thousand sq mi) of public land, or nearly 10 percent of the total area of the United States, were given away free.

  4. Ranchos of California - Wikipedia

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    Ranchos of California. Pacheco Adobe, built 1835 by Salvio Pacheco on Rancho Monte del Diablo. The Guajome Adobe, built 1852–53 as the seat of Rancho Guajome. In Alta California (now known as California) and Baja California, ranchos were concessions and land grants made by the Spanish and Mexican governments from 1775 [1] to 1846.

  5. Rancho Los Tularcitos - Wikipedia

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    Rancho Los Tularcitos. Not to be confused with Rancho Tularcitos (Goméz). Rancho Los Tularcitos was a 4,394-acre (17.78 km 2) Spanish land concession in present day Santa Clara County, California given in 1821 to José Loreto Higuera by the last Spanish governor of Alta California, Pablo Vicente de Solá. The land grant was confirmed by ...

  6. Rancho Punta de los Reyes (Randall) - Wikipedia

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    With the cession of California to the United States following the Mexican-American War, the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho Punta de los Reyes was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1853, [ 10 ] [ 11 ] and the grant was patented to ...

  7. Oregon and California Railroad Revested Lands - Wikipedia

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    The Oregon and California Railroad Revested Lands (commonly known as O&C Lands), are approximately 2,600,000 acres (1,100,000 ha) of land located in eighteen counties of western Oregon. Originally granted to the Oregon & California Railroad to build a railroad between Portland, Oregon and San Francisco, California, the land was reconveyed to ...

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