Sentences with phrase «mexican land grant»

Named for founder General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, Vallejo was established in 1844 as part of the Rancho Suscol Mexican land grant.

The case presents a number of intriguing issues, among them the meaning of Article X, section 4 of the California Constitution and its application, if any, to lands for which title is derived from a provisional Mexican land grant confirmed by a federal patent issued in the 19th century.

Rancho Corral de Tierra was a Mexican land grant of 7,766 - acresin what is today San Mateo County, California.

The Illinois - born Broome was part of a family that bought a Mexican land grant in Ventura County — Rancho Guadalasca — in 1880.

Only Francisco Lopes, owner of Rancho Temescal, a Mexican land grant, and a handful of ranchers attempted to settle the region.

Historically known as «Rancho Corral de Tierra (Earthen Corral) Palomares,» the property encompasses the majority of the 1839 Mexican Land Grant to Francisco Guerrero y Palomares where he built the first adobe on the San Mateo coast at Denniston Creek.

Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa were awarded as Mexican land grants with the intent of raising livestock.

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The privately held, diversified company traces its roots to the 1860s with the formation of The Irvine Ranch ® from Mexican and Spanish land grants.

When California became a state in 1850, the United States government, through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, required that land previously granted by Spanish and Mexican governments be proved before the Board of Land Commissionland previously granted by Spanish and Mexican governments be proved before the Board of Land CommissionLand Commissioners.

When California became a state in 1850, the United States government required that land previously granted by Spanish and Mexican governments be proved before the Board of Land Commissionland previously granted by Spanish and Mexican governments be proved before the Board of Land CommissionLand Commissioners.

Since being established through a land grant from the Mexican government to one John Dickinson, people have flocked to the area that would later inherit his name.