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Rancho San Bernardo (Snook) Rancho San Diego Island; Rancho San Dieguito; Rancho San José del Valle; Rancho San Juan de Las Secuas; Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores; Rancho Santa Maria de Los Peñasquitos; Rancho Santa Ysabel (Ortega)
He held a number of political and military offices at San Diego and was commandante of the Presidio of San Diego from 1830 to 1835. In 1829 he was granted the Tia Juana Rancho, in Mexico. He aided the American cause during the Mexican–American War, was captain of a troop of the California battalion, and died at the Tia Juana Rancho in 1862.
Rancho San Dieguito was a 8,824-acre (35.71 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day San Diego County, California, given in 1845 by Governor Pío Pico to Juan María Osuna. [1] The rancho property was renamed Rancho Santa Fe in 1922 by the Santa Fe Land Company.
Rancho de los Peñasquitos was the first rancho, the Rancho Santa Maria de Los Peñasquitos, within the boundaries of present-day San Diego County. In 1823, one league (4,243 acres; 17 km 2) was awarded to Captain Francisco María Ruiz, a Commandant of the Presidio of San Diego. [6]
Pedro Carrillo and Josefa were given Rancho Peninsula de San Diego by Pio Pico, as a wedding present. [3] Five months later, Carrillo sold the property to Capt. Bezer Simmons, the American captain of the trading ship "Magnolia". [4] [5] Capt. Bezer Simmons (1810–1850) of New Bedford, Massachusetts married Laura Billings (1820–1849) in 1845.
Rancho El Cajón was a 48,800-acre (197 km 2) Mexican land grant in present day San Diego County, California, given in 1845 by Governor Pio Pico to María Antonia Estudillo de Pedrorena. [1] The name means "the drawer" in Spanish, and refers to the valley between hills.
Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores was a 133,440-acre (540.0 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day northwestern San Diego County, California, given by Governor Juan Alvarado in 1841 to Andrés Pico and Pío Pico. [2] The grant was located along the Pacific coast, and encompassed present-day San Onofre State Beach and Camp Pendleton.
Rancho Valle de San Jose was a 17,634-acre (71.36 km 2) Mexican land grant in present day San Diego County, California, given in 1836 by Governor Nicolás Gutiérrez to Silvestre de la Portilla. [1] Located in north east of San Diego County, it was bounded on the north by Buena Vista Creek and Rancho San Jose del Valle . [ 2 ]