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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 ...
Pacheco Adobe, built 1835 by Salvio Pacheco on Rancho Monte del Diablo The Guajome Adobe, built 1852–53 as the seat of Rancho Guajome. In Alta California (now known as California) and Baja California, ranchos were concessions and land grants made by the Spanish and Mexican governments from 1775 [1] to 1846.
Estación noveno: Valle Quien Sabe, [25] on the Rancho Santa Ana y Quien Sabe. [26] It was a watering place and sometime gathering point for large numbers of horses from the valleys to the west. [3]: 446, 449 Estación décimo: Aguaje Panochita [27] gathered in horses captured opposite Arroyos Los Banos, Ortigalita, Panochita and Panoche Grande.
Rancho Santa Rita was a 8,894-acre (35.99 km 2) Mexican land grant in the Amador Valley and western Livermore Valley, which is in present day Alameda County, California. It was given in 1839 by Governor Juan Alvarado to Jose Dolores Pacheco. [1] The rancho included present day Pleasanton, Asco, and Dougherty. [2] [3] [4]
The Alviso Adobe Community Park is a 7-acre (2.8 ha) park in the city of Pleasanton, California, United States. It is built around an adobe house constructed in 1854 by Francisco Alviso on the Rancho Santa Rita Mexican Land Grant. [2] The Alviso Adobe is a rare surviving example of an early American adobe that was continuously in use until 1969.
Pleasanton is located on the lands of the Rancho Valle de San José and Rancho Santa Rita Mexican land grants. Its name was chosen in the 1860s by John W. Kottinger, an Alameda County justice of the peace , after his friend, Union army cavalry Major General Alfred Pleasonton .
I Am a Charro of Rancho Grande (Spanish: Soy charro de Rancho Grande) is a 1947 Mexican musical comedy drama film directed by Joaquín Pardavé and starring Sofía Álvarez, Pedro Infante and René Cardona. [1] [2] It was shot at the Azteca Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Edward Fitzgerald.
In 1853, Murray Township was established as one of 6 Alameda County townships and given a seat on the board of supervisors. In 1902, Pleasanton Township was created from part of Murray township. By 1910, Pleasanton, with a population of 2883, followed by Murray, with a population of 4137, were the least populous of the seven townships.