A Delineation of Spanish-Mexican Government Land Grants
Or Ranchos and Pueblo sites in Early Santa Clara Valley.
Santa Clara County Ranchos, by Ralph Rambo, 1968. Used here with permission of
History San Jose.
This list of early Ranchos is being complied from primary land claim and patent records. If you have
additional information on these Ranchos - or any of these early settlers - please contact me!
NOTE: Coordinates for current maps from the U.S. Geological Survey.
Agua Caliente (Ah-gwah Cah-lee-ehn'-tay)
Agua Caliente "Hot Water." Located in Santa Clara and Alameda Counties. See Rancho Higuera Historical Park for information on original adobe.
Grant: Fulgencio Higuera1
By: Governor Alvarado, Mexico
Date: 1839
Patent: Fulgencia Higuera2
Land Claim: #PLC 136
Date: 04/17/1858. Acres: 9,534.
BLM Land Patent
Map: Current
Ausaymas y San Felipe (Ah-oo-sah-ee'-mahs ee Sahn Fay-lee'-pay)
Ausaymas y San Felipe "Ausaymas (an Indian People) and St. Philip." This Rancho combines two grants.
Ausaymas
Grant: Francisco Perez Pacheco1
By: Governor Figueroa, Mexico
Date: 1833
San Felipe
Grant: Francisco Perez Pacheco1
By: Governor Gutierrez, Mexico
Date: 1836
Patent: Francisco Perez Pacheco2
Land Claim #PLC 233, Land Case #79
Date: 04/18/1859. Acres: 35,504.
BLM Land Patent
Map: Diseno del Rancho Ausaymas y San Felipe 184?
Map: Diseno del Rancho Ausaymas y San Felipe 184?
Map: Current
Bennett Tract
Grant: Narcisco Bennett
By: Governor Pico, Mexico
Date: 1845
Patent: Mary S. Bennett (2 tracts)
Land claim: #PLC 189, Land Case #361
Date: 07/19/1871. Acres: 358.
BLM Land Patent
1861 Land Claim List
Map: Terreno al oriente de la Mision de Sta. Clara 184?
Map: Map of a part of the County of Santa Clara 1855
Map: Topographical map of land granted to Mary S. Bennett, near the mission of Santa Clara 1862
Map: Sketch, Sta. Clara, old times 1862
Map: Sketch of the "Bennet" land grants 1855
Map: Plat of the two tracts of land in Santa Clara County, finally confirmed to Mary S. Bennett 1861
Map: Current
Canada De Pala (Cahn-yah-dah day Pah-lah)
Canada De Pala "Shovel Glen."
Grant: Jose Jesus Bernal
By: Governor Alvarado, Mexico
Date: 1839
Patent: Jonda Bernal, Jose Antonio Bernal, Juan Bernal
Land Claim: #PLC 181
Date: 03/09/1863. Acres: 15,807.
BLM Land Patent
Map: Current
Canada De San Felipe y Las Animas (Cahn-yah-dah day Sahn Fay-lee'-pay ee lahs Ah-nee-mahs)
Canada De San Felipe y Las Animas "Glen of St. Philip and The Souls." Also known as the Weber Ranch.1
Grant: Thomas Bowen and Nathan Daly
By: Governor Manuel Jimeno Casarin, Mexico
Date: 1839
Patent: Charles M Weber
Land Claim: #PLC 197
Date: 08/09/1866. Acres: 8,465.
BLM Land Patent
Map: Current
El Corte de Madera (Ehl Cohr-tay day Mah-day'-rah)
El Corte de Madera "The Place Where Lumber Is Cut" "The Lumber Cutting" "The Timber Clearing."
Grant: Domingo Peralta and Maximo Martinez
By: Governor Figueroa, Mexico
Date: 1833
Patent: Mascimo Martinez
Land Claim: #PLC 173
Date: 06/19/1858. Acres: 10,069.
BLM Land Patent
El Potrero de Santa Clara (Ehl Poh-tray'-roh day Sahn'-tah Clah-rah)
El Potrero de Santa Clara "St. Clare's Colt (or Horse) Pasture."
Grant: James Alexander Forbes
By: Governor Micheltorena, Mexico
Date: 1844
Patent: Robert F Stockton
Land Claim: #PLC 178
Date: 12/30/1861. Acres: 1,939.
BLM Land Patent
1861 Land Claim List
Map: Current
Embarcadero de Santa Clara (Ehm-bahr-cah-day'-roh day Sahn'-tah Clah-rah)
Embarcadero de Santa Clara "St. Clare's Embarkation Place" "Port" "Landing."
Grant: Barcillia Bernal
By: Goveror Pico, Mexico
Date: 1845
Patent: Barcilia Bernal
Land Claim: #030305
Date: 10/28/1936. Acres: 196.
BLM Land patent
Map: Current
Enright Tract
Grant: Francisco Garcia
By: Governor Micheltorena, Mexico
Date: 1845
Patent: James Enright, Francisco Garcia (1 tract)
Land Claim: #PLC 177 Land Case #143
Date: 05/01/1866. Acres: 710.
BLM Land Patent
Map: Map of James Enright's farm 1850
Map: Survey of James Enright's farm near Mission Santa Clara 1854
Map: 2000 varas square near mission of Santa Clara 1854
Map: Plat of the tract of land near Santa Clara finally confirmed to James Enright 1861
Map: Current
Juristac (Hoo-rees-tahk)
Juristac, Costanoan Indian word meaning "At Juris."
Grant: Antonio and Faustino German
By: Governor Castro
Date: 1835
Patent: Robert S Carlisle, Bradley V Sargent, Jacob L Sargent, Roswell C Sargent
Land Claim: #PLC 241
Date: 11/13/1871. Acres: 4,533.
BLM Land Patent
Map: Current
Laguna Seca (Lah-goon'-ah Say'-cah)
Laguna Seca "Dry Lake." Also known as Rancho Refugio de la Laguna Seca and Fisher's Ranch.
Grant: Juan Alvirez
By: Governor Figueroa, Mexico
Date: 1834
Patent: Dona Liberata Ceseria Bull, Capriano Fisher, Eulogia Fisher, Fiaero Fisher, Guillermo Fisher, Thomas Fisher,
William Fisher, Dona Maria Murphy
Land Claim: #PLC 196, Land Case #211
Date: 11/24/1865. Acres: 17,426.
BLM Land Patent
Map: Diseno de tierras solicitados [Rancho Laguna Seca] 184?
Map: Mapa del Rancho de la Laguna Seca : de la propriedad [sic] de Dn. Guillermo Fisher 1847
Map: Diseno del sitio de Sta. Teresa [Rancho Laguna Seca] 1834
Map: Current
La Polka (Lah Pohl'-cah)
La Polka "The Dance." See also San Ysidro.
Grant: Ysabel Ortega (de Cantua)
By: Governor Figueroa, Mexico
Date: 1833
Patent: Bernard Murphy, Martin J C Murphy
Land Claim: #PLC 227
Date: 03/03/1860. Acres: 4,166.
BLM Land Patent
Map: Survey of land grants including Rancho La Polka, 1860
Map: Survey of land grants including Rancho La Polka, 1859
Map: Current
La Purisima Concepcion (Lah Poo-rees'-ee'-mah Cohn-sehp-see-ohn')
La Purisima Concepcion "The Holy Virgin" "The Immaculate Conception."
See Historical Landmark NO. 524. See The Juana Briones Heritage Foundation for detailed information on Juana Briones and the fate
of La Purisima Concepcion.
Grant: Jose Ramon and Jose Gorgonio
By: Goveror Alvarado, Mexico
Date: 1840
Patent: Juana Briones
Land Claim: #PLC 175
Date: 08/15/1871. Acres: 4,442.
BLM Land Patent
Map: Current
Las Animas (Lahs Ah-nee-mahs)
Las Animas "The Souls" "The Gun Barrels" "The Ringing of Bells at Sunset." Also known
as Ojo de Caballo, Sitio de la Brea, Canada de la Brea.
Grant: Mariano Castro
By: Viceroy Felix Berenguer de Marquina, Spain
Date: 1802
Regranted to: Josefa Romero (Castro's widow)
By: Governor Figueroa, Mexico
Date: 1835
Patent: Heirs of Jose Maria Sanchez
Land Claim: #PLC 224
Date: 03/15/1873. Acres: 26,842.
BLM Land Patent
1861 Land Claim List
Map: Survey of land grants including Rancho Las Animas 1860
Map: Survey of land grants including Rancho Las Animas 1859
Map: Current
Las Uvas (Lahs Ooh'-vahs)
Las Uvas "The Grapes."
Grant: Lorenzo Pineda
By: Governor Alvarado, Mexico
Date: 1842
Patent: Bernard Murphy, Martin J C Murphy
Land Claim: #PLC 200
Date: 02/18/1860. Acres: 10,445.
BLM Land Patent
Map: Current
Llano del Tequesquite (Yah'-no dehl Tehk-es-kee'-teh)
Llano del Tequesquite "Alkali Plain" "Plain of the Alkali." Also found as Rancho Tequisquito.
Grant: Jose Maria Sanchez
By: Governor Castro, Mexico
Date: 1835
Patent: Vicente Sanchez
Land Claim: #PLC 230
Date: 12/29/1871. Acres: 16,016.
BLM Land Patent
Los Capitancillos (Lohs Cah-pee-tahn-see'-yohs)
Los Capitancillos "The Little Captains." Contains most of the New Almaden quicksilver mine and all of the Guadalupe
mine.[1] Also known as Canada de los Capitancillos
Grant: Justo Larios
By: Governor Alvarado, Mexico
Date: 1842 Acres: 4,470
Patent: Guadalupe Mining Co, Jacob D Hoppe, Henry Lawrence
Land Claim: #PLC 193
Date: 09/20/1871. Acres: 1,111.
Patent: Charles Fofsat [Fossatt]
Land Claim: #PLC 194
Date: 02/03/1865. Acres: 3,360.
BLM Land Patent - Guadalupe Mining Co, Jacob D Hoppe, Henry Lawrence
BLM Land Patent - Charles Fofsat [Fossatt]
1861 Land Claim List
Map: Diseno del Rancho los Capitancillos 1861
Map: Map of the Rancho de los Capitancillos, confirmed by U.S. Board of Land Commissioners to Charles Fossat and the Guadalupe Mining Company 1855
Map: Current
Los Coches (Lohs Coh'-chays)
Los Coches "The Pigs." See Historical Landmark NO. 898.
Grant: Roberto Balermino, a Mission Indian
By: Governor Manuel Micheltorena, Mexico
Date: 1844
Patent: Henry M Naglee, Paula Sansevrain (Sainsevain), Antonio Sunol
Land Claim: #PLC 186, Land Case #289
Date: 12/31/1857. Acres: 2,682.
Patent: Guadalupe Mining Co, Jacob D Hoppe, Henry Lawrence
Land Claim: #PLC 193
Date: 09/20/1871. Acres: 1,111.
BLM Land Patent - Guadalupe Mining Co, Jacob D Hoppe, Henry Lawrence
BLM Land Patent - Henry M Naglee, Paula Sansevrain (Sainsevain), Antonio Sunol
Map: Sketch of Rancho Los Coches 1849
Map: Current
Los Huecos (Lohs Hoo-ay'-cohs)
Los Huecos "The Hollows."
Grant: Luis Arenas and John Roland
By: Governor Pico. Mexico
Date: 1846
Patent: J L Hornsby, John Roland
Land Claim: #PLC 182
Date: 05/13/1876. Acres: 39,229.
BLM Land Patent
Map: Current
Los Tularcitos (Lohs Too-lahr-see'-tohs)
Los Tularcitos "Little Tule Thickets (or Patches)."
Grant: Jose Higueroa
By: Pablo Vicente de Sola, Spain
Date: 1821
Regranted: Jose Higueroa
By: Governer Alvarado, Mexico
Date: 1839
Patent: Antonia Higuera, Augustina Higuera, Dolores Higuera, Encarnacion Higuera, Florencia Higuera, Fulgencia Higuera,
Jose Higuera, Josefa Higuera, Mariane Higuera, Merceala Higuera
Land Claim: #PLC 137
Patent date: 07/08/1870. Acres: 4,377.
BLM Land Patent
1861 Land Claim List
Higuera Adobe
Map: Current
Milpitas (Meel-pee-tahs)
Milpitas "Corn Patches" "Little Corn Fields."
See Alviso Adobe for more information.
Grant: Nicolas Berreyesa
By: Alcalde Pedro Chabolla, Mexico
Date: 1834
Regranted to: Jose Maria Alviso
By: Governor Castro, Mexico
Date: 1835
Patent: Heirs of Jose Maria Alviso
Land Claim: #PLC 138, Land Case #37
Date: 06/30/1871. Acres: 4,457.
BLM Land Patent
1861 Land Claim List
Map: Diseno del sitio [del Rancho Milpitas] 1834
Map: Diseno del Rancho Milpitas 184?
Map: Plan diseno puerto o formado por pueblo ... en el ano del 1840 [Rancho Milpitas]
Map: Current
***Mission Santa Clara
Research in progress...
Patent: Joseph Sadoc Allemany - Roman Catholic Bishop.
Land Claim: #PLC 188, Land Case #3, Land Case #347
Date: 03/03/1858. Acres: 19.
BLM Land Patent
Map: Diseno del terreno de la Mision de Santa Clara 184?
Map: Santa Clara mission lands, granted to Don J. Crisostomo Galindo 1852
Map: Survey of part of the Santa Clara mission lands 1857
***New Almaden
Research in progress...
Land Case #420
Andres Castillero
Map: Diseno del Rancho New Almaden 185?
Ojo De Agua De La Coche (Oh'-ho day Ahg'-wah day la Coh'-chay)
Ojo De Agua De La Coche "Pig Spring" "Sow Spring."
Grant: Juan Maria Hernandez
By: Governor Figueroa, Mexico
Date: 1835
Patent: Martin J C Murphy
Land Claim: #PLC 199
Date: 01/04/1860. Acres: 8,833.
BLM Land Patent
Map: Current
Pala (Pah'-lah)
Pala "Shovel."
Grant: Jose Higuera
By: Governor Castro, Mexico
Date: 1835
Patent: Charles White, Heirs of Charles White, Ellen E White
Land Claim: #PLC 180
Date: 10/08/1866. Acres: 4,425.
BLM Land Patent
1861 Land Claim List
Map: Current
Pastoria de Las Borregas (Pahs-toh-ree'-ah day lahs Boh-ray'-gas)
Pastoria de Las Borregas, local translation "Ewe Lambs Pasture." Also known as Rancho del Refugio.
Grant: Francisco Estrada
By: Governor Alvarado, Mexico
Date: 1842 Acres: 9066
Patent: Martin Murphy, Jr.
Land Claim: #PLC 144
Date: 12/15/1865. Acres: 5,064.
Patent: Martin Murphy, Jr
Date: 09/17/1881. Acres: 2365.
Patent: Mariano Castro
Date: 09/17/1881. Acres: 1,806.
BLM Land Patent - Martin Murphy, Jr.
BLM Land Patent - Martin Murphy, Jr
BLM Land Patent - Mariano Castro
Map: Current
Posolmi (Poh-sohl'-mee)
Posolmi, Indian name locally translated as "Little Wells of the Souls." Also known as Positos de las Animas
and Ynigo.
Grant: Ynigo, chief of a local Indian tribe
By: Governor Micheltorena, Mexico
Date: 1844
Patent: Thomas Campbell, Robert Wackinshaw, Lopez Ynigo
Land Claim: #PLC 145
Date: 01/18/1881. Acres: 1695.
BLM Land Patent
***Pueblo Lands of San Jose
Research in progress...
Patent: Pedro Chaboya (Lot #6)
Land Claim: #PLC 542 Land Case #192
Date: 06/21/1876. Acres: 366.
BLM Land Patent
Map: Map of the public lands of the Pueblo de San Jose 1847
Map: Diseno del Pueblo de San Jose 187?
Map: Diseno del terreno adjasena a San [Jose] 187?
Patent: The Mayor and City of San Jose
Land Claim: #PLC 179, Land Case #419
Date: 07/04/1884. Acres: 54,155.
BLM Land Patent
Map: Diseno del Pueblo de San Jose "Pueblo lands grant" 184?
Map: Sketch of pueblo lands of San Jose 184?
Quito (Kee'-toh)
Quito "?"
Grant: Jose Noriega and Jose Zenon Fernandez
By: Governor Alvarado, Mexico
Date: 1841
Patent: Manuel Alviso, Dioniso Fernandez, Francisco Maximo Fernandez, Jose Zenon Fernandez, Manuela Loveto Fernandez,
Petra Enriquez Fernandez
Land Claim: #PLC 187
Date: 05/14/1866. Acres: 13,152.
BLM Land Patent
1861 Land Claim List
Map: Current
Rincon De Los Esteros (Reen-cohn' day lohs Ehs-tay'-rohs)
Rincon De Los Esteros "Extuaries Corner" "Estuaries Road."
Grant: Ygnacio Alviso
By: Governor Alvarado, Mexico
Date: 1838
Patent: Ellen E White
Land Claim: #PLC 139
Date: 05/23/1862. Acres: 2,308.
Patent: Domingo Alviso, Estephanus Alviso, Jesus Alviso, Maria Alviso, Rafeal Alviso, Ygnacio Alviso
Land Claim: #PLC 141
Date: 07/29/1872. Acres: 2,200.
Patent: Delores Alviso, Francisco Berreyesa, G Heirs of Berreyesa, Guadalupe Berreyesa, Francisco, Pancho, Polina, Susana
Land Claim: #PLC 140
Date: 07/26/1873. Acres: 1,844.
BLM Land Patent - Ellen E White
BLM Land Patent - Alviso
BLM Land Patent - Alviso, Berreyesa
Map: Current
Map: Current
Map: Current
Rincon De San Francisquito (Reen-cohn' day Sahn Frahn-sees-kee'-toh)
Rincon De San Francisquito "Corner (or Bend) of the Little St. Francis."
Grant: Jose Pena
By: Governor Alvarado, Mexico
Date: 1841
Patent: Secundino Robles, Teodoro Robles
Land Claim: #PLC 146
Date: 02/29/1868. Acres: 8,518.
BLM Land Patent
1861 Land Claim List
Map: Current
Rinconada De Los Gatos (Reen-coh-nah'-da deh Lohs Gah'-tohs)
Rinconada De Los Gatos "Corner of the Cats."
Grant: Sebastian Peralta and Jose Hernandez
By: Governor Alvarado, Mexico
Date: 1824
Patent: Jose Hernandez, Sebastian Peralta
Land Claim: #PLC 192
Date: 03/19/1860. Acres: 6,609.
BLM Land Patent
Map: Current
Rinconada del Arroyo de San Francisquito (Reen-coh-nah'-da dehl Ahr-roy'oh day Sahn Frahn-sees-kee'-toh)
Rinconada del Arroyo de San Francisquito "Corner (or Bend) of the San Francisquito."
Grant: Maria Antonia Mesa
By: Governor Alvarado, Mexico
Date: 1841 Acres: 2229.
Patent: Maria Antonia Meza
Land Claim: #PLC 147
Date: 07/26/1872. Acres: 2,008.
Patent: Maria Antonia Meza
Date: 07/26/1872. Acres: 221.
BLM Land Patent
BLM Land Patent
1861 Land Claim List
Map: Current
***Salsipuedes (Sahl-see-poo-ay'-dehs)
Research in progress...Salsipuedes "Get Out (or Depart) If You Can." Held by Mariano Castro 1807; Francisco de
Haro 1829.
Grant: Manuel Jimeno Casarin
By: Governor Figueroa 1834, two leagues
And: Governor Alvarado 1840, six leagues
Date: 1834, 1840
Patent: Edward D Baker, James Blair, Joseph B Crockett, John P Davidson, Stephen W Tibbetts
Land Claim: #PLC 223
Date: 03/02/1861. Acres: 31,201.
BLM Land Patent
San Antonio (Sahn Ahn-tohn'-ee-oh)
San Antonio "St. Anthony."
Grant: Juan Prado Mesa
By: Governor Alvarado, Mexico
Date: 1839
Patent: Henry F Dana, William A Dana, James W Weeks
Land Claim: #PLC 176, Land Case #368, Land Case #366, Land Case #383
Date: 12/18/1857. Acres: 3,541.
Patent: Antonio Mesa, Chicandos Mesa, Eucaiercion Mesa, Francisca Mesa, Justiano Mesa, Majier Mesa, Ramon Mesa
Date: 08/06/1866. Acres: 885.
BLM Land Patent - Dana, Weeks
BLM Land Patent - Mesa
Map: Diseno del Rancho San Antonio 184?
Map: Diseno del Rancho San Antonio 184?
Map: Diseno del Rancho San Antonio 184?
Map: Diseno del Rancho San Antonio 184?
Map: Diagram of southern half of San Antonio Rancho 184?
Map: Current
San Francisco De Las Llagas (Sahn Frahn-cees'-koh day lahs Yah'-gahs)
San Francisco De Las Llagas "St. Francis of the Wounds (or Sores, Ulcers, Stigmata, etc)."
Grant: Carlos Castro
By: Governor Figueroa, Mexico
Date: 1834
Patent: Bernard Murphy, Daniel Murphy
Land Claim: #PLC 226
Date: 03/19/1868. Acres: 21,659.
BLM Land Patent
Map: Survey of land grants including Rancho San Francisco de las Llagas 1860
Map: Survey of land grants including Rancho San Francisco de las Llagas 1859
Map: Current
San Francisquito (Sahn Frahn-sees-kee'-toh)
San Francisquito "Little St. Francis." Now Stanford University.
Grant: Antonio Buelna
By: Governor Alvarado, Mexico
Date: 1839
Patent: Maria Concepcion V. (Valencia) De Rodroguez
Land Claim: #PLC 174
Date: 06/08/1868. Acres: 1,467.
BLM Land Patent
1861 Land Claim List
Map: Current
San Juan Bautista (Sahn Hoo-ahn' Bah-oo-tees'-tah)
San Juan Bautista "St. John the Baptist."
Grant: Jose Augustin Narvaez
By: Governor Micheltorena, Mexico
Date: 1844
Patent: Jose Augustin Narvaez [J. A. Navarrez]
Land Claim: #PLC 185, Land Case #7
Date: 12/01/1865. Acres: 8,979.
BLM Land Patent
1861 Land Claim List
Map: Deseno [sic] del Rancho de San Juan Bautista 1840
Map: Deseno [sic] del Rancho de San Juan Bautista 184?
Map: Terreno de San Juan Bautista concedido a Don Augustin Narvaes por El Gobernador Micheltoreno 1850
Map: Current
San Luis Gonzaga (Sahn Loo-ees' Gohn-zah'-gah)
San Luis Gonzaga "St. Aloysius (Louis) Gonzaga," a 16th century Italian Saint. Held by Francisco Perez Pacheco.
Grant: Juan Perez Pacheco and Jose Maria Mejia
By: Governor Micheltorena, Mexico
Date: 1843
Patent: Juan Perez Pacheco
Land Claim: # PLC 234
Date: 05/16/1871. Acres: 48,821.
BLM Land Patent
Map: Current
San Vicente (Sahn Vee-sehn'-tay)
San Vicente "St. Vincent." Includes a large section of the New Almaden Mine and Hacienda de Beneficio.
Patented to heirs of Maria Zacarias Bernal de Berryesa.
Grant: Jose de los Reyes Berreyesa
By: Governor Alvarado, Mexico
Date: 1842
Patent: Fernando Berreyesa, Francisco Berreyesa, Jose E Berreyesa, Jose Reyes Berreyesa, Jose S Berreyesa, Loretta Berreyesa,
Magdalena Berreyesa, Maria Del Carmel Berreyesa, Maria Y Bernal Berreyesa, Nemicio Berreyesa
Land Claim: #PLC 195 Land Case #363
Date: 06/24/1868. Acres: 4,438.
BLM Land Patent
1861 Land Claim List
Map: Diseno del Rancho San Vicente 184?
Map: Diseno del Rancho San Vicente 184?
Map: Terreno de la mina, el area dos sitios [Rancho San Vicente] 184?
Map: Rancho de la Canada de los Capitancillos [shows Rancho San Vicente] 1850
Map: Current
San Ysidro (Sahn Ee-seed'-roh)
San Ysidro "St. Isidore." Originally contained 13,066 acres, divided into three portions: San Ysidro Gilroy
(Clara Ortega, daughter of Ygnacio, wife of John Gilroy); San Ysidro Ortega (Jose Quintin Ortega, son of Ygnacio); and La Polka
(Ysabel Ortega, daughter of Ygnacio, wife of Julian Cantua).
Grant: Ygnacio Ortega
By: Governor Arrillaga, Spain
Date: 1809/1810
San Ysidro Gilroy
Patent: John Gilroy, Julius Martin
Land Claim: #PLC 228
Date: 09/27/1867. Acres: 4,460.
San Ysidro Ortega
Patent: Quintin Ortega [M.C. and O. Ortega]
Land Claim: #PLC 229
Date: 10/22/1868. Acres: 4,438.
La Polka (listed above)
BLM Land Patent - Gilroy, Martin
BLM Land Patent - Ortega
1861 Land Claim List
Map: Survey of land grants including Rancho San Ysidro 1860
Map: Survey of land grants including Rancho San Ysidro 1859
Map: Current - San Ysidro Gilroy
Map: Current - San Ysidro Ortega
Santa Teresa (Sahn'-tah Tay-ray'-sah)
Santa Teresa "St. Therese."
Grant: Joaquin Bernal
By: Governor Figueroa, Mexico
Date: 1834
Patent: Agustin Bernal
Land Claim: #PLC 184
Date: 03/08/1867. Acres: 9,634.
BLM Land Patent
1861 Land Claim List
Map: Current
Shoquel Augmentation (So-kehl' Ah-oog-mehn'-tay-see-ohn')
Majority located in Santa Cruz Co., small portion in Santa Clara Co.
Grant: Martina Castro
By: Governor Figueroa
Date: 1834
Patent: Martina Castro
Land Claim: #PLC 201
Date: 03/19/1860. Acres: 27,582.
Patent: Martina Castro
Date: 03/19/1860. Acres: 5,099.
BLM Land Patent
BLM Land Patent
Solis (Soh-leece)
Solis, family name.
Grant: Mariano Castro
By: Governor Figueroa, Mexico
Date: 1833/1835
Patent: Heirs of Mariano Castro, Rufina Castro
Land Claim: #PLC 225
Date: 01/18/1859. Acres: 8,875.
BLM Land Patent
Map: Current
Ulistac (Ooh-lees-tahk')
Ulistac "At Ulis," Costanoan Indian place name.
Grant: Marcelo Pio and Cristobal, Mission Indians
By: Governor Pio Pico, Mexico
Date: 1845
Patent: Heirs of Jacob D. Hoppe
Land Claim: #PLC 143, Land Case #323
Date: 10/12/1868. Acres: 2,217.
BLM Land Patent
1861 Land Claim List
Map: Sketches of Rancho Ulistac 184?
Map: Map of Ulistac, finally confirmed to the heirs of Jacob D. Hoppe 1857
Map: Plat of Rancho Ulistac, finally confirmed to heirs of Jacob D. Hoppe 1866
Map: Current
Yerba Buena (Yehr-bah Boo-ay-nah)
Yerba Buena "Good Herb." Also known as Socayre (Soh-cah-ee'-ray). Site of "Settlers War" 1861.
Grant: Antonio Chabolla (Chaboya)
By: Governor Figueroa, Mexico
Date: 1833
Patent: Antonio Chaboya
Land Claim: #PLC 183
Date: 01/03/1859. Acres: 24,342.
BLM Land Patent
Map: Current
1861 Land Claim List: Message of the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the second session of
the Thirty-seventh Congress. December 3, 1861.
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