History of San Diego, 1542-1908
LIST OF RANCHOS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY
LIST OF LAND GRANTS. Following is a list of ranchos of San Diego County, showing tine number of acres in each rancho, names of grantees, and date each grant was confirmed. The names of the grantees do not represent the present proprietors, the ownership having changed, in many cases, since the confirmation of the grant:
Name of Rancho. | Owner. | Grant Confirmed. | Acres. |
Santa Margarita and Las Flores | Pio & Andrés Pico | 89,742.93 | |
Ex-Mission of San Diego | Santiago Argüello | 1846 | 58,208.00 |
San Jacinto.Nuevo | Miguel de Pedrorena | 1846 | 48,823.67 |
El Cajon | María Antonia Estudillo de Pedrorena | 48,799.34 | |
Santa Rosa | Juan Moreno | Oct. 10, 1872 | 47,815.10 |
San Jacinto Viejo | José Ant. Estudillo | 1846 | 35,504.00 |
Cuyamaca | Agustin Olvera | 35,501.32 | |
La Nacion (National Rancho) | John Forster | Aug. 3, 1858 | 25,631.94 |
San José del Valle (Warner’s Ranch) | J.J. Warner | 1846 | 26,629.88 |
Pauba | Luis Vignes | Jan. 19, 1860 | 26,597.96 |
Temécula | Luis Vignes | Jan. 18, 1860 | 26,608.94 |
Sobrante de San Jacinto | Miguel de Pedrorena and Rosario E. de Aguirre | 22,195.00 | |
San Bernardo | José Francisco Snook | 17;763.07 | |
Santa Ysabel | José Joaquin Ortega et a1. | May 4, 1872 | 17,719.40 |
Santa María (Valle de Pamo) | José Joaquin Ortega et al. | July 30, 1872 | 17,708.85 |
San Vicente | Juan Lopez | 1846 | 13,539.96 |
La Laguna | Abel Stearns | Sept. 3, 1872 | 13,338.80 |
Monserrate | Ysidro María Alvarado | July 17, 1872 | 13,322.90 |
Valle de las Viejas | Ramon & Leandro Osuna | 1846 | 13,314.00 |
Agua Hedionda | Juan María Marron | 13,311.01 | |
Pauma | José Ant. Serrano, José Aguilar, & Blas Aguilar | Aug. 29, 1871 | 13,309.60 |
Guejito | George W. Hamley | May 24, 1866 | 13,298.59 |
Rincon del. Diablo | Heirs of Juan Bautista Alvarado | May 3, 1872 | 12,653.77 |
San Felipe | Juan Forster | Aug. 6, 1866 | 9,972.08 |
San Marcos | José María Alvarado | 8,978.29 | |
Jamacha | Apolinaria Lorenzana | 8,881.16 | |
Jamul | Pio Pico | 8,876.00 | |
La Jolla | 8,872.00 | ||
San Dieguito | Juan María Osuna | 8,824.71 | |
Peñasquitas | Francisco María Ruiz & Francisco M. Alvarado | 8,486.01 | |
Otay | Magdalena Estudillo et al | 1846 | 6,557.98 |
Tecate | Juan Bandini | 4,439.00 | |
Janal | Victoria Domínguez | June 30, 1872 | 4,436.00 |
Los Encinitos | Andrés Ybarra | April 18, 1871 | 4,431.03 |
Island or Peninsula of San Diego | Archibald C. Peachy & William H. Aspinwall | June 11, 1869 | 4,185.46 |
Guajome | Andrés & José Manuel (Indians) | 2,219.41 | |
Buena Vista | Felipe (an Indian) | 2,219 | |
Potrero San Juan Capistrano | 1,167.74 | ||
El Cariso and La Cienega | 1,167.00 | ||
Ex-Mission of San Luis Rey | Bishop J. S. Alemany | March 10, 1865 | 53.39 |
Ex-Mission of San Diego | Bishop Alemany | May 23, 1862 | 22.21 |
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HISTORY OF SAN DIEGO
Main Page
Author’s Foreword
Introduction: The Historical Pre-Eminence of San Diego
PART ONE: Period of Discovery and Mission Rule
- The Spanish Explorers
- Beginning of the Mission Epoch
- The Taming of the Indian
- The Day of Mission Greatness
- The End of Franciscan Rule
Priests of San Diego Mission
PART TWO: When Old Town Was San Diego
- Life on Presidio Hill Under the Spanish Flag
List of Spanish and Mexican commandants - Beginnings of Agriculture and Commerce
List of Ranchos in San Diego County - Political Life in Mexican Days
- Early Homes, Visitors and Families
- Pleasant Memories of Social Life
- Prominent Spanish Families
- The Indians’ Relations With the Settlers
List of Mission Indian Lands - San Diego in the Mexican War
- Public Affairs After the War
- Accounts of Early Visitors and Settlers
- Annals of the Close of Old San Diego
- American Families of the Early Time
- The Journalism of Old San Diego
- Abortive Attempt to Establish New San Diego
PART THREE: The Horton Period
- The Founder of the Modern City
- Horton’s Own Story
- Early Railroad Efforts, Including the Texas and Pacific
- San Diego’s First Boom
- Some Aspects of Social Life
PART FOUR: Period of “The Great Boom”
PART FIVE: The Last Two Decades
- Local Annals, After the Boom
- Political Affairs and Municipal Campaigns
- Later Journalism and Literature [new material in second edition]
- The Disaster to the Bennington
- The Twentieth Century Days
- John D. Spreckels Solves the Railroad Problem
PART SIX: Institutions of Civic Life
- Churches and Religious Life
- Schools and Education
- Records of the Bench and Bar
- Growth of the Medical Profession
- The Public Library
- Story of the City Parks
- The Chamber of Commerce
- Banks and Banking
- Secret, Fraternal and Other Societies
- Account of the Fire Department
PART SEVEN: Miscellaneous Topics
- History of the San Diego Climate
- San Diego Bay, Harbor and River
- Governmental Activities
- The Suburbs of San Diego
Political Roster, City of San Diego
Political Roster, San Diego County