Rancho Las Salinas

Rancho Las Salinas, also called El Tucho was a historic land grant along the Salinas River in present day Monterey County, California.

History

A four-square-league (Spanish legua and equivalent to about 17,700 acres, 27.7 mi2, 72 km2) Spanish land concession in the Salinas Valley was given in 1795 to Antonio Aceves and Antonio Romero[1] and was the first such land concession in the Monterey Bay area. However, the grant was abandoned.[2]

Subsequently, a one square league (about 4,400-acre, 6.9 mi2, 18 km2) Mexican land grant was made to Gabriel Espinosa by Mexican governor Nicolás Gutiérrez in 1839. The grant extended along the Salinas River from present day Marina to Salinas.[3][4] Today's Espinosa Road and Espinosa Lake were named for the Espinosa family.

With the cession of California to the United States following the Mexican-American War, the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the California Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho Las Salinas was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1853,[5][6] and the grant was patented to Lucinda E. Pogue and the heirs of Gabriel Espinosa in 1867. Pogue received an undivided two-sevenths of the grant and each of the five children of Espinosa received one-seventh.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Ogden Hoffman, 1862, Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Numa Hubert, San Francisco
  2. ^ Hoover, Mildred B.; Rensch, Hero; Rensch, Ethel; Abeloe, William N. (1966). Historic Spots in California. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-4482-9.
  3. ^ Diseño del Rancho Las Salinas
  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rancho Las Salinas
  5. ^ United States. District Court (California : Southern District) Land Case 158 SD
  6. ^ Finding Aid to the Documents Pertaining to the Adjudication of Private Land Claims in California, circa 1852-1892
  7. ^ Report of the Surveyor General 1844 - 1886 Archived 2013-03-20 at the Wayback Machine

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