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2017 - California State Lands Commission – Ranchos, Missions, Presidios And Pueblos
2017 - California State Lands Commission – Ranchos, Missions, Presidios And Pueblos
Miscellaneous Documents and Reports
The California State Lands Commission provides a historical summary concerning the establishment of ranchos, missions, presidios and pueblos in California by the Spanish and Mexican governments, including the practice granting sovereign lands to private individuals. The Commission describes the provisions that established rights to land title of landowners in the conquered territories under the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo signed at the end of the United States war with Mexico, as well as the sections of the 1851 act of the U.S. Congress to settle private land claims in California
1982 - Grants Of Land In California Made By Spanish Or Mexican Authorities
1982 - Grants Of Land In California Made By Spanish Or Mexican Authorities
Miscellaneous Documents and Reports
The 1982 California State Land Commission publication provides the historical background of landownership in California that led to the private land claims and subsequent patents issued. Contains discussion of the missions, presidios and pueblos. Provides a listing by each county of the name of the rancho (grant), patentee, patent date, patent number, watercourse, Township and Range, and the amount of acreage.