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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 .
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.
The ranchos established permanent land-use patterns. The rancho boundaries became the basis for California's land survey system, and are found on modern maps and land titles. The "rancheros" (rancho owners) patterned themselves after the landed gentry of New Spain, and were primarily devoted to raising cattle and sheep.
After California became a U.S. state in 1850, Rancho Los Alamitos was the headquarters of the largest cattle ranch then in existence in the United States. Through shrewd business dealings, Stearns assumed control of Los Alamitos and many other surrounding ranchos.
Rancho La Ballona was a 13,920-acre (56.3 km 2) Mexican land grant in the present-day Westside region of Los Angeles County, Southern California. The rancho was confirmed by Alta California Governor Juan Alvarado in 1839, to Ygnacio and Augustin Machado and Felipe and Tomas Talamantes. The Machados and Talamanteses had already been given a ...
Case no. 125, Southern District of California. Rancho Los Alamitos: 1834 Juan José Nieto: Mexico 06 (6 Spanish leagues) 28,027.17 acres (11,342.19 ha) August 29, 1874: 468 Spanish; diminutive form of el álamo, describing Populus fremontii: Orange, Los Angeles Case no. 290, Southern District of California: Rancho Azusa 1837 Ignacio Palomares ...
This is a list of ranches and sheep and cattle stations, organized by continent. Most of these are notable either for the large geographic area which they cover, or for their historical or cultural importance.
Also nearby are the Vail Ranch Barn, the ranch foreman's house, the ruins of the Dear - Vail Ranch-house and a Luiseno village site. [9] The 8,300-acre (34 km 2) reserve now has four owners: the California Department of Fish and Game, Riverside County, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, and The Nature Conservancy. [10]