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Overview of California Private Land Claims and the Public Domain
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- Mexican land grants (2)
- And California mission population (1)
- California land grants (1)
- California lands granted to Anglo Surnames (1)
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- California presidios (1)
- California pueblos (1)
- California ranchos (1)
- History of the public domain (1)
- Land grants (1)
- Land patents (1)
- Land tenure (1)
- Major hide and tallow collection points (1)
- Missions (1)
- Patented California ranchos (1)
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- Presidios (1)
- Private land claims (1)
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- Pueblos (1)
- Spanish land concessions (1)
- Spanish land grants (1)
- Survey and disposition of public lands (1)
- Township and range (1)
- Watercourse (1)
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1979 - The Patenting Of California's Private Land Claims, 1851-1885, David Hornbeck
1979 - The Patenting Of California's Private Land Claims, 1851-1885, David Hornbeck
Overview of California Private Land Claims and the Public Domain
This paper examines the basis of the land-tenure conflict, its resolution, and the subsequent patenting of 482 private land claims that covered a total of 8.5 million acres of land in California. The problem of distinguishing between Mexican land grants and the American public domain was not one that time would easily resolve.
1769-1885 - Conceptual California Maps, David Hornbeck And David Fuller
1769-1885 - Conceptual California Maps, David Hornbeck And David Fuller
Overview of California Private Land Claims and the Public Domain
Conceptual maps from the 1983 publication, California Patterns: A Geographical and Historical Atlas by David Hornbeck in collaboration with cartographer, David Fuller, depicting California missions, presidios, pueblos, Spanish land concessions, Mexican land grants, patented ranchos, lands granted to Anglo Surnames, major hide and tallow collection points, and mission population. The maps cover periods from 1769 (Spanish and Mexican era) through the American patenting process up to 1885.
Links To Reports And Documents Relating To Land Grants And Public Domain
Links To Reports And Documents Relating To Land Grants And Public Domain
Overview of California Private Land Claims and the Public Domain
Links to documents found in the Hornbeck Collection - Historical Land Use in California relating to land grants and the public domain.
1982 - Grants Of Land In California Made By Spanish Or Mexican Authorities
1982 - Grants Of Land In California Made By Spanish Or Mexican Authorities
Overview of California Private Land Claims and the Public Domain
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.