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Rancho Temescal was a 13,339-acre (53.98 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Ventura County and Los Angeles County, California given in 1843 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Francisco Lopez and José Arellanes. The word “temescal” is Spanish for "sweat bath" or "sweat lodge", deriving from the Nahuatl “temazcalli”.
Rancho geography remains readily visible in this L.A. County map created the year before the establishment of neighboring Orange County (1888) Federal Writers' Project map of the ranchos of Los Angeles County (1937); appears to be in the same style as many American Guide Series maps so possibly produced but not used for Los Angeles: A Guide to the City and Its Environs
Jose Ynes de la Luz Linares [20] 1,004 acres (406 ha) 88 SD Diamond Bar: Los Angeles: Punta de Quentin: 1840 Juan Alvarado: John B.R. Cooper: 8,878 acres (3,593 ha) 372 ND San Quentin: Marin: San Jose: 1840 Juan Alvarado: Ygnacio Pacheco 6,659 acres (2,695 ha) 40 ND Ignacio: Marin: Arroyo Seco: 1840 Juan Alvarado: Joaquín de la Torre: 16,523 ...
Since 1699, Rancho de la Osa has been a working ranch. The tradition and history make it Absolutely Arizona. History and a long list of famous guests are just part of the fascination of Rancho de ...
Further back in history, California lands were organized into Spanish land grants or "Ranchos". In the case of Orange County, there is record of José Antonio Yorba and Juan Pablo Peralta (nephew) being granted Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana in 1810, year of the commencement of the war of Mexican Independence.
On his voyage back to Los Angeles, he was killed at Mission La Purísima Concepción, during the Chumash Revolt of 1824. In 1834, ten years after his death, Governor José Figueroa made a ruling in the land claim for Rancho San Pedro, awarding José Dolores's sons, Juan Capistrano and José Loreto, the Rancho de los Palos Verdes.
Vicente de la Osa (January 6, 1808 – July 20, 1861), baptized Jose Vicente de los Reyes de la Ossa, was a Californio city official, tavern owner, and cattle rancher who owned Rancho Providencia and Rancho Los Encinos in what is now the San Fernando Valley area of Southern California in the United States.
Upon an examination of the record in the case, which consists of copies of alleged originals, it is found that under date of March 18, 1857, Faustin Baca y Ortiz (juez de paz), for and in the name of the inhabitants of the settlements of La Cuesta, San Miguel, Las Mulas, El Pueblo, Puertecito, San José, el Gasano y Bernal, filed his notice ...