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2. List of ranchos of California - Wikipedia

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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.

3. Escalon, California - Wikipedia

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   Escalon (Spanish: Escalón, [5] meaning "Step") [6] is a city in San Joaquin County, California, United States. The population was 7,472 at the 2020 census, [7] up from 7,132 at the 2010 census and 5,963 at the 2000 census. Escalon is a Spanish word meaning "stepping stones."

4. Tejon Ranch - Wikipedia

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   Tejon Ranch Company (NYSE: TRC), based in Lebec, California, is one of the largest private landowners in California. [1] [2] The company was incorporated in 1936 to organize the ownership of a large tract of land that was consolidated from four Mexican land grants acquired in the 1850s and 1860s by ranch founder Edward Fitzgerald Beale.

5. San Joaquin County, California - Wikipedia

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   The county is located in Northern California's Central Valley just east of the very highly populated nine-county San Francisco Bay Area region and is separated from the Bay Area by the Diablo Range, having access to the Bay Area via the Altamont Pass. One of the smaller counties by area in California, it has a high population density and is ...

6. Lone Tree Creek, San Joaquin County - Wikipedia

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   Lone Tree Creek, formerly Dry Creek, a stream and tributary to the San Joaquin River, flowing in San Joaquin County and Stanislaus County, central California.. It is named for the settlement of Lone Tree, about 2 1/4 miles northeast of present day Escalon.

7. Newhall Land and Farming Company - Wikipedia

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   In 1968 the family company retained 120,000 acres (49,000 ha) of California real estate after the sale of the 1,000,000 acre Baca Grant in Colorado in early 1960. Successive land sales allowed the Newhall family to maintain their lifestyle, but William (who was known by his middle name Mayo), a graduate of Yale University , understood that they ...