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- Ranchos of California - Wikipedia
In Alta California (now known as California) and Baja California, ranchos were concessions and land grants made by the Spanish and Mexican governments from 1775 [1] to 1846 The Spanish concessions of land were made to retired soldiers as an inducement for them to settle in the frontier
- List of ranchos of California - Wikipedia
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
- Ranchos in California: The Spanish and Mexican Eras
Over a period of about 60 years, the Spanish and Mexican governments made about 500 land grants for ranchos in California Of these, only about 30 originated during the Spanish period (1769-1822), while most came about during the Mexican era (1822-1848) What Was the Purpose of the Ranchos?
- Ranchos – California Missions Foundation
Ranchos, first established during Spanish rule and later continued under the Mexican flag, were large land grants given to individuals who had been loyal to the Spanish Crown or later to the newly independent government in Mexico
- Ranchos of Los Angeles County - Wikipedia
The ranchos of Los Angeles County were large-scale land grants made by the governments of Spain and Mexico between 1784 and July 7, 1846, to private individuals within the current boundary lines (last adjusted in 1919) of Los Angeles County in California, United States
- California Ranchos
By the end of Mexican rule in California in 1846, the ranchos covered 10 million acres and stretched from San Diego in the south to Shasta County in the north Individual ranchos ranged in size from less than 4,000 acres to nearly 50,000 acres
- Palos Verdes, La Brea, Sepulveda: What were the ranchos? - Los Angeles . . .
So many Native Americans, now homeless as well as landless, ended up working the old lands with new masters — the rancheros These ranchos were an economic and political system unto themselves
- Spanish and Mexican Ranchos - Autry Museum of the American West
Object: Pants Date: 1834–1850 Object ID: 93 21 11 Notes: These pants were said to be owned and worn by Don Fernando Sepulveda, a member of the Sepulveda family who owned and ran ranchos under Spanish and Mexican rule in California
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