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Rancho San Antonio, also known as the Peralta Grant, was a 44,800-acre (181 km 2) land grant by Governor Pablo Vicente de Solá, the last Spanish governor of California, to Don Luís María Peralta, a sergeant in the Spanish Army and later, commissioner of the Pueblo of San José, in recognition of his forty years of service.
Rancho San Antonio was a 7,982-acre (32.30 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Santa Clara County, California given in 1839 by Governor Juan Alvarado to Juan Prado Mesa. [1] The grant was bounded by Adobe Creek to the north and Stevens Creek to the south, and included Permanente Creek , and present-day Los Altos Hills .
Luis María Peralta (1759 in Sonora, New Spain – August 26, 1851) was a Californio ranchero and soldier in the Spanish Army.Peralta received Rancho San Antonio, one of the largest of the rancho grants in California, covering 44,800 acres (181 km 2) that encompassed most of the East Bay region of the Bay Area in Northern California.
Antonio Maria Lugo (1778–1860) was born at Mission San Antonio de Padua in present-day Jolon, California, the seventh son of Francisco Salvador Lugo.After 17 years of service at the Presidio of Santa Barbara, in 1810 Corporal Lugo received his discharge and settled with his family in the Pueblo de Los Angeles.
Rancho San Antonio may refer to: Rancho San Antonio (Lugo), a Spanish land grant in present-day Los Angeles County, California; Rancho San Antonio (Peralta), a Spanish land grant in present-day Alameda County, California; Yorba Hacienda or Rancho San Antonio, the adobe house of Bernardo Yorba on his Rancho Cañón de Santa Ana
Antonio Lugo served as the Alcalde (Mayor) of Los Angeles. The house is located at 7000 East Gage Avenue in Bell Gardens. It was built to qualify the younger Lugo, a former Spanish colonial soldier, for a land grant from the Spanish crown. In 1810, Antonio María Lugo completed the house and received the grant, naming his new grant Rancho San ...
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The two made their home in San José and produced thirteen offspring during 1796–1824. Castro was made an elector in 1822 after which he served as alcalde and on a civil board that heard disputes. [6] Castro explored land at the northeast edge of San Francisco Bay in 1823, and was granted Rancho San Pablo by Governor Luís Antonio Argüello ...