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English: Plat of the Aptos Rancho finally confirmed to Rafael Castro. Surveyed under instructions from the U.S. Surveyor General by John Wallace Deputy Surveyor. May & December 1858 containing 6685.91 Acres. Scale 40 Chs. to 1 Inch.
Aptos (Ohlone for "The People") [4] is an unincorporated town in Santa Cruz County, California, United States. The town is made up of several small villages, which together form Aptos: Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley, Aptos Village, Cabrillo, Seacliff, Rio del Mar, and Seascape. [3] Together, they have a combined population of 24,402.
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.
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.
Rancho Aptos was a 6,686-acre (27.06 km 2) Mexican land grant in present day Santa Cruz County, California given in 1833 by Governor José Figueroa to Rafael Castro. [1] The grant on the Monterey Bay was immediately downcoast of his sister, Martina Castro's Rancho Soquel , and upcoast of his father, José Joaquín Castro's Rancho San Andrés .
Aptos: 1833 José Figueroa: Rafael Castro 6,686 acres (2,706 ha) 172 SD Seacliff: Santa Cruz: San Agustin: 1833 José Figueroa: José Antonio Bolcoff 4,437 acres (1,796 ha) 180 ND Scotts Valley: Santa Cruz: Soquel: 1833 José Figueroa: Martina Castro 34,370 acres (13,909 ha) 295 ND Soquel: Santa Cruz: Zayante: 1833 José Figueroa: Joaquin ...
At the southern edge of Uypi territory, bound by Aptos Creek and Monterey Bay at the western edge of their land, and eastward about halfway to the Pajaro River, lived the Aptos ("The People" [8]). The Aptos tribe was one of the larger Awaswas groups in the region. They held kinship ties with the Uypi, Calendaruc (a Mutsun speaking people), and ...
The history of the San Fernando Valley from its exploration by the 1769 Portola expedition to the annexation of much of it by the City of Los Angeles in 1915 is a story of booms and busts, as cattle ranching, sheep ranching, large-scale wheat farming, and fruit orchards flourished and faded.