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Rancho Ojo de Agua de la Coche was a 8,927-acre (3,613 ha) Mexican land grant in present-day Santa Clara County, California given in 1835 by Governor José Figueroa to Juan María Hernandez. [1] The name means "pig's spring".
Morgan Hill is approximately 24 mi (39 km) south of downtown San Jose, 13 mi (21 km) north of Gilroy, and 15 mi (24 km) inland from the Pacific coast.Lying in a roughly 4-mile-wide (6 km) southern extension of the Santa Clara Valley, it is bounded by the Santa Cruz Mountains to the west and the Diablo Range to the east.
San Juan Capistrano: 1806 Church Part of Mission San Juan Capistrano. It was the only mission church incorporating six vaulted domes in its roof structure. [26] Casa de Rancho San Antonio: Bell Gardens: 1810 Residence: Oldest building in Los Angeles County. Private residence. [27] [28] Ruins of Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad: Soledad ...
The Malaguerra Winery is a historic winery located in Morgan Hill, California. The two-story winery is the oldest remaining winery structure in Santa Clara County, which stands at the eastern edge of the Valley and the foothills of the Diablo Range. It was constructed in 1869 for ranchero José María Malaguerra. [3]
Mission Viejo, San Juan Capistrano: Orange: Potrero los Pinos: 1845 Pio Pico: John (Don Juan) Forster: 523 acres (212 ha) 337 SD Cleveland National Forest Orange: Little Temecula: 1845 Pio Pico: Pablo Apis: 2,233 acres (904 ha) 55 SD Temecula: Riverside: Potreros de San Juan Capistrano: 1845 Pio Pico: John (Don Juan) Forster: 1,168 acres (473 ...
Madrone is a neighborhood of Morgan Hill, California, located at the base of the Santa Cruz Mountains. [1] Once an independent town within Santa Clara County, the City of Morgan Hill annexed the Town of Madrone in 1959, turning the town into Morgan Hill's northern district, bordering San Jose, California. [2]
Carlos' brother, José Mariano Castro (1765–1828) was the grantee of Rancho Las Animas; his brother José Joaquín Castro (1768–1838) was the grantee of Rancho San Andrés; and his brother Francisco María Castro (1770 - 1831) was the grantee of Rancho San Pablo. Carlos Antonio Castro married María de Rosario García (b. 1779) in 1805.
Following the 1860 decision, the rancho became public land and after being surveyed, it was sold at a price of 25 cents to $1.25 an acre. In 1874, Robert Flint, a Canadian, purchased the headquarters of the old Rancho San Juan, as well as acreage extending up San Juan Creek, and moved onto the San Juan Ranch. Flint grazed cattle and cultivated ...