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Rancho El Pinole was a 17,761-acre (71.88 km 2) Mexican land grant along Carquinez Strait in present-day Contra Costa County, California. It was given in 1842 by Governor Juan Alvarado to Ygnacio Martinez , a Californio military commander and politician. [ 1 ]
Rancho Boca de la Cañada del Pinole was a 13,316-acre (53.89 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Contra Costa County, California given in 1842 by Governor Juan Alvarado to María Manuela Valencia. [1] The name means "Mouth of the Pinole Valley" in Spanish. The rancho located between present-day Martinez, Pleasant Hill, Orinda, and ...
Street scene in Pinole, c. 1909 Bank of Pinole. The Huchiun tribe lived in the region. [8] In 1823, Ygnacio Martínez, commandant of the Presidio of San Francisco, received a land grant of Rancho El Pinole from the Mexican government. Martinez built a hacienda in Pinole Valley; this is land
Boca de la Cañada del Pinole: 1842 Juan Alvarado: Maria Manuela Valencia 13,316 acres (5,389 ha) 138 ND Martinez, Lafayette: Contra Costa: El Pinole: 1842 Juan Alvarado: Ygnacio Martinez: 17,761 acres (7,188 ha) 205 ND Martinez, Pinole: Contra Costa: Cañada del Hambre y Las Bolsas: 1842 Juan Alvarado: Teodora Soto 13,354 acres (5,404 ha) 308 ...
In 1824, the western side of Martinez, Alhambra Valley was included in the Rancho El Pinole Mexican land grant to Ygnacio Martínez. [13] East of these lands was the Rancho Las Juntas, a grant made to Irish born William Welch in 1844; his land lay between the lands of Martinez and Pacheco.
Selby is located on the 19th century Mexican land grant Rancho El Pinole site, that was made to Ygnacio Martinez.. A post office operated at Selby from 1886 to 1967. [3] The name honors Prentiss Selby, its first postmaster.
He quickly became an influential presence in the now-Mexican territory. By 1825, Richardson had assumed Mexican citizenship, converted to Roman Catholicism and married Maria Antonia Martinez (1803–1887), the eldest daughter of Ygnacio Martinez, commandant of the Presidio of San Francisco and, in 1842, grantee of Rancho El Pinole.
Crockett is located on the Mexican land grant Rancho El Pinole made to Ygnacio Martinez, and is named after Joseph B. Crockett, a judge on the California Supreme Court. [6] The town started when Thomas Edwards Sr. bought 1,800 acres (730 ha) of land from Judge Crockett in 1866.