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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. The Spanish Concessions of land were made to retired soldiers as an inducement for them to settle in the frontier. These Concessions reverted to the Spanish crown upon the ...
List of ranchos of California
Rancho Camulos, now known as Rancho Camulos Museum, is a ranch located in the Santa Clara River Valley 2.2 miles (3.5 km) east of Piru, California and just north of the Santa Clara River, in Ventura County, California. [4] It was the home of Ygnacio del Valle, a Californio alcalde of the Pueblo de Los Angeles in the 19th century and later ...
Rancho San Pedro was one of the first California land grants and the first to win a patent from the United States. [1] The Spanish Crown granted the 75,000 acres (300 km 2) of land to soldier Juan José Domínguez in 1784, with his descendants validating their legal claim with the Mexican government at 48,000 acres (190 km 2) in 1828, and later ...
Rancho de Los Feliz was a 6,647-acre (2,690 ha; 26.90 km 2) Spanish land concession in present-day Los Angeles County, California purportedly given in 1795 by Spanish Governor Pedro Fages to José Vicente Feliz, although there is no deed or other record. The land of the grant includes Los Feliz and Griffith Park, and was bounded on the east by ...
Rancho Los Cerritos. Rancho Los Cerritos was a 27,054-acre (109.48 km 2) 1834 land grant in present-day southern Los Angeles County and Orange County, California [1][2] The grant was the result of a partition of the Rancho Los Nietos grant. "Cerritos" means "little hills" in Spanish. The rancho lands include the present-day cities of Cerritos ...
Rancho Palos Verdes, California
In 1846, Rancho de los Palos Verdes was separated from Rancho San Pedro and granted to José Loreto Sepúlveda (shown) and Juan Capistrano Sepúlveda. Rancho de los Palos Verdes was a 31,629-acre (128.00 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Los Angeles County, California given in 1846 by Governor Pío Pico to José Loreto and Juan Capistrano Sepulveda. [1]