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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.
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 Hills-Larkin Valley is an unincorporated community in Santa Cruz County, California, United States. It is identified as one of several small communities with a combined population of 24,402 forming the unincorporated town of Aptos by the local Chamber of Commerce along with:
Andrew Molera State Park; El Sur Ranch Monterey: Tularcitos: 1834 José Figueroa: Rafael Gomez 26,581 acres (10,757 ha) 3 SD Monterey: Los Alamitos: 1834 José Figueroa: Juan Jose Nieto: 28,027 acres (11,342 ha) 140 SD Los Alamitos, Seal Beach: Orange: Las Bolsas: 1834 José Figueroa: Catarina Ruiz: 33,460 acres (13,541 ha) 208 SD
Rancho de Aptos was a sheep ranch of Mission Santa Cruz shown on documents dating to July 5, 1807. [4] 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.
Seacliff State Beach is a state beach park on Monterey Bay, in the town of Aptos, Santa Cruz County, California. It is located off Highway 1 on State Park Drive, about 5 miles (8 km) south of Santa Cruz. The beach is most known for the concrete ship SS Palo Alto lying in the water. North of Seacliff State Beach is New Brighton State Beach.
His other works include A Texas Matchmaker (1904), The Outlet (1905), Cattle Brands (1906), Reed Anthony, Cowman: An Autobiography (1907), Wells Brothers (1911), and The Ranch on the Beaver (1927). The Log of a Cowboy is an account of a five-month drive of 3,000 cattle from Brownsville, Texas, to Montana during 1882 along the Great Western ...