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The decade of the 1880s is known as the "Southern California Land Boom" because so many people moved to the state. In 1853, pro-Southern Copperheads proposed dividing the state of California to create a new Territory of Colorado (at this time the territory that would become the state of Colorado was named "Jefferson"). San Diego Judge Oliver S ...
The result of the shifting borders is that some of the ranchos in this list, created by pre-1836 governors, are located partially or entirely in a 30-mile-wide sliver of the former Alta California that is now in Mexico rather than in the U.S. state of California.
Escondido, California, a city and valley near San Diego, ... Rivers. Escondido River (Coahuila), tributary of the Rio Grande in Mexico; Escondido River (Nicaragua)
Puerto Escondido is a large natural harbor in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. It is located in the Loreto Municipality 28 km south of Loreto , on Federal Highway 1 on the western shore of the Gulf of California .
The name "Puerto Escondido" had roots in the legend of a woman who escaped her captors and hid here. The Nahuatl word for this area was Zicatela, meaning “place of large thorns". [2] Today, it refers to the area's most famous beach. [3] Puerto Escondido is one of the most important tourist attractions on the Oaxacan coast.
Rancho Rincon del Diablo was a 12,653-acre (51.20 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day San Diego County, California, given in 1843 to Juan Bautista Alvarado. [1] The name means "the devil's corner" or "the devil's lurking place". The rancho lands include the present day city of Escondido and Rincon Del Diablo.
Today, Adelaida Winery owns most of the former Hoffman Mountain Ranch land, and its brambly, red-fruited 2022 Adelaida Michael’s Estate Vineyard Zinfandel ($45) amply shows Paso Robles’ strengths.
The Joan B. Kroc Theatre at Kroc Center's Performing Arts Center is a 600-seat state-of-the-art theatre that hosts music, dance and theatre performances. Serving the northeastern part of San Diego is the California Center for the Arts in Escondido, a 400-seat performing arts theater.