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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 now in Mexico rather than in the U.S. state of California. Since those ranchos remained in Mexico, in today's Mexican state of Baja ...
A number of ranchos remained in whole or in part in the sliver of territory of Alta California left to Mexico by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which then became part of Baja California. Rancho Tía Juana (partially in San Diego County, California) lost its claim to title to its land in San Diego County but the balance of the rancho was ...
For ranchos in other California counties, also see the county's geography category in Category:Geography of California by county Subcategories. This category has the ...
After California became a U.S. state in 1850, Rancho Los Alamitos was the headquarters of the largest cattle ranch then in existence in the United States. Through shrewd business dealings, Stearns assumed control of Los Alamitos and many other surrounding ranchos. Rancho Center and restored barn structures [7] With the cession of California to ...
Los Cerritos Ranch House, also known as Rancho Los Cerritos or Casa de los Cerritos, in Long Beach, California, was "the largest and most impressive adobe residence erected in southern California during the Mexican period". [3] Los Cerritos means "the little hills" in English. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1970.
Ranchos of California (42 C, 470 P) Pages in category "Ranches in California" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total.
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.
Don Antonio Suñol, one of the grantees of Rancho Valle de San José in 1839. Antonio María Pico, another of the grantees and brother-in-law of Suñol.. Rancho Valle de San José (also called "Valle de San José y Corralitos") was a 48,436-acre (196.01 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Alameda County, California.