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None of the rancho grants near the former border, however, were made after 1836, so none of them straddled the pre-1836 territorial border. 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 ...
Today, most of the original rancho land grants have been dismantled and sold off to become suburbs and rural-burbs. A very small number of ranchos are still owned by descendants of the original owners, retain their original size, or remain undeveloped. Rancho Guejito in San Diego County is considered the last of the San Diego Ranchos to be ...
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“Rancho” in Spain is also the: “food prepared for several people who eat in a circle and from the same pot.” [17] It was also defined as a family reunion to talk any particular business. [18] [19] [20] While “ranchero” is defined as the: “steward of a mess”, the steward in charge of preparing the food for the “rancho” or ...
Pacheco Adobe at Rancho Monte del Diablo is one of the numerous ranchos of California that are today California Historical Landmarks. Many of the foreign residents also became rancho grantees. Some were "Californios by marriage" like Stearns (who was naturalized in Mexico before moving north) and the Englishman William Hartnell. Others married ...
Rancho Palos Verdes, California (a shortened version of the Mexican land grant Rancho de los Palos Verdes which means "range of green trees") Rancho Santa Margarita, California (named for Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores) Rancho Santa Margarita, California (named for Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores) Raton, New Mexico (mouse)
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Further back in history, California lands were organized into Spanish land grants or "Ranchos". In the case of Orange County, there is record of José Antonio Yorba and Juan Pablo Peralta (nephew) being granted Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana in 1810, year of the commencement of the war of Mexican Independence .