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Under the Siete Leyes constitutional reforms of 1836, the Alta California and Baja California territories were recombined into a single Las Californias "department", with a single governor. None of the rancho grants near the former border, however, were made after 1836, so none of them straddled the pre-1836 territorial border.
B. Rancho La Ballona; Rancho Barranca Colorado; Rancho Las Baulines; Rancho Blucher; Rancho Boca de la Cañada del Pinole; Rancho Boca de la Playa; Rancho Boca de Santa Mónica
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.
Rancho San Julian was a 48,222-acre (195.15 km 2) Mexican land grant and present-day ranch in present-day Santa Barbara County, California given in 1837 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to José de la Guerra y Noriega. [1] The grant name probably refers to José Antonio Julian de la Guerra. The grant was located west of present-day Santa Barbara ...
Map link: Spanish and Mexican Ranchos of Orange County Pages in category "Ranchos of Orange County, California" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
Dominguez Rancho Adobe. The adobe of Manuel Dominguez, completed in 1826, is a national historic site. [11] [12] Battle of Dominguez Rancho. The Mexican–American War battle was fought on the rancho site. The Claretians have been based, and gardened, adjacent to the Dominguez Rancho Adobe since circa 1900. Eagle Tree. The tree that was the ...
Rancho San Rafael was a 36,403-acre (147.32 km 2) Spanish land grant in the San Rafael Hills, bordering the Los Angeles River and the Arroyo Seco in present-day Los Angeles County, southern California, given in 1784 to Jose Maria Verdugo.
It was located east of Pueblo de las Juntas on high ground near the south bank of the San Joaquin River. [2] Its site is near the corner of Ashlan and North Lake Avenues, 4 miles north of the Whitesbridge Road and 6 miles west of Biola, California .