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Rancho San Antonio, also known as the Peralta Grant, was a 44,800-acre (181 km 2) land grant by Governor Pablo Vicente de Solá, the last Spanish governor of California, to Don Luís María Peralta, a sergeant in the Spanish Army and later, commissioner of the Pueblo of San José, in recognition of his forty years of service.
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.
[8] [9] A separate claim was filed by Nasario Domínguez in 1852 for 1/6 of the grant but it was rejected by the Commission in 1855. [ 10 ] In 1869, Union Army Major General William Starke Rosecrans bought 16,000 acres (65 km 2 ).
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 Mexican Governor Juan Alvarado in 1839. [1]
The California Highway Patrol issued an Amber Alert for 3-year-old Arya Maldonado, left, and 2-year-old Alana Maldonado on Jan. 29, 2025. Anyone who spots Cruz, the Maldonado sisters or the ...
The NFL added two extra teams to the postseason beginning in the 2021 playoffs. Here's a history of the No. 7 seeds' performance in each conference.
"I wasn't happy with what was going on," Allen said. "I was yelling a little bit. He just said, 'don't be yelling.' So, my bad. Sorry to Bill." Fortunately for the Bills, the missed call didn't ...
In turn, it was the California Practice Act that served as the foundation of the California Code of Civil Procedure. New York never enacted Field's proposed civil or political codes, and belatedly enacted his proposed penal and criminal procedure codes only after California, but they were the basis of the codes enacted by California in 1872. [11]