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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.
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.
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.
Rancho del Cielo is a ranch located atop the Santa Ynez Mountain range northwest of Santa Barbara, California. For more than 20 years, it was the vacation home of Ronald and Nancy Reagan. The 688-acre (278 ha) ranch's Spanish name translates to Sky's Ranch or Heaven's Ranch in English.
The 1,800-acre (7 km 2) working ranch is a prime example of an early California rancho in its original rural setting. It was the source of the first commercially grown oranges in Ventura County. [5] It is one of the few remaining citrus growers in Southern California.
California date palm ranches reap not only fruit, but a permit to host weddings and quinceañeras ... His vision was to create a place where he could keep his horses and have a working ranch with ...
Hollister Ranch is a 14,400-acre (58 km 2) gated residential community amidst a working cattle ranch on the Gaviota Coast in Santa Barbara County, California.The dramatic bluffs, isolated beaches and terraced grasslands are within the last undeveloped stretch of Southern California coastline.
Cheeses available from Stepladder Ranch & Creamery. For more farms and creameries in California, try Toluma Farms in Marin County, Spenker Family Farm in Lodi, and Harley Farms in Pescadero.