Luís Peralta named his holding " Rancho San Antonio.

The Peraltas ' Rancho San Antonio continued after Alta California passed from Spanish to Mexican sovereignty after the Mexican War of Independence.

Rohrabacher's district covers the areas of Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Fountain Valley, Seal Beach, Avalon, Rancho Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills, Palos Verdes Estates and Rolling Hills Estates as well as portions of Long Beach, Westminster, Santa Ana and San Pedro.

Spanish settlers also knew of the seeps, such as at Rancho La Brea ( Spanish for Tar Ranch ) in present-day Los Angeles, from which the priests obtained tar to waterproof the roofs of the Los Angeles and San Gabriel missions.

* 1842 – The first documented discovery of gold in California occurs at Rancho San Francisco, six years before the California Gold Rush.

Wilson was a self-made man who was orphaned in Nashville, Tennessee, came to Alta California as a fur trapper and adventurer during the American Indian Wars before marrying Ramona Yorba, the daughter of a California land baron, Bernardo Yorba, and made his fortune through the wedding dowry, receiving Rancho Jurupa, settling what would become California's San Gabriel Valley, after the Mexican American War.

In the early 19th century, the Spanish crown deeded the East Bay area to Luís María Peralta for his Rancho San Antonio.

The first discovery of gold, at Rancho San Francisco in the mountains north of present-day Los Angeles, had been in 1842, six years before Marshall's discovery, while California was still part of Mexico.

Ownership of 1, 051. 44 acres ( for all practical intents being the exact area of land occupied by the original mission buildings, cemeteries, and gardens ) was subsequently conveyed to the Church, along with the Cañada de los Pinos ( or College Rancho ) in Santa Barbara County comprising, and La Laguna in San Luis Obispo County, consisting of.

* Rancho San Justo

In 1845, Governor Pío Pico declared the Mission buildings for sale and, in 1846, made Mission San Fernando Rey de España his headquarters as Rancho Ex-Mission San Fernando.

* Rancho Ex-Mission San Fernando

Highwayman Jack Powers briefly took over Mission Santa Inés and the adjacent Rancho San Marcos in 1853, intending to rustle the cattle belonging to rancher Nicolas A. Den, but he was defeated in a bloodless armed confrontation.

Among the many schools named after Serra are Junípero Serra High School in the San Diego community of Tierrasanta, Junípero Serra Elementary School in Ventura, J Serra Catholic High School in San Juan Capistrano, Serra Catholic School ( Grades JK-8 ) in Rancho Santa Margarita, Junípero Serra High School in Gardena, CA and Junipero Serra High School in San Mateo.

The San Bernardino Valley includes the cities of Ontario, Chino, Chino Hills, Upland, Fontana, Rialto, Colton, Grand Terrace, Rancho Cucamonga, San Bernardino, Loma Linda, Highland, Redlands, and Yucaipa.

In October 2007 the winds fueled major wild fires and house burnings in Escondido, Malibu, Rainbow, San Marcos, Carlsbad, Rancho Bernardo, Poway, Ramona, and in the major cities of San Bernardino, San Diego and Los Angeles.

Although de Celis's claim had been filed in October 1852, two years after California had been admitted into the Union as a state, it was not until January 8, 1873 that a formal U. S. survey showed the Rancho Ex-Mission de San Fernando area as, the largest area of any single grant in California.

Zelzah Acres became the name of one of those early housing tracts carved from the former enormous Rancho Ex-Mission San Fernando lands joining nearby towns of Chatsworth Park, Lankershim, Owensmouth, San Fernando and Van Nuys.

Lomita was originally part of Rancho San Pedro, granted by the Spanish Empire to Juan Jose Dominguez by King Carlos III of Spain in 1784.

* Map of original Rancho San Pedro, 1784, reflecting Rancho Sausal Redondo within its domain

It was organized under two old Spanish Ranchos ; on the west, Rancho San Pedro, and on the east, Rancho Los Nietos ( now portions of the cities of Santa Fe Springs and Whittier ).

Then, in 1846 he purchased of land from Timothy Murphy, grantee of Rancho San Pedro, Santa Margarita y Las Gallinas.

The history of Patterson begins with the Rancho Del Puerto Mexican Land Grant to Mariano and Pedro Hernandez in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena.

One grant to José Pedro Ruiz created Rancho Calleguas in 1837, in the area that is now Camarillo.

Rancho San Pedro is the site of the first Spanish land grant in Alta California, New Spain.

In 2002, the Long Beach Press-Telegram launched the monthly publication San Pedro Magazine serving the San Pedro and Rancho Palos Verdes areas.

The Port of Los Angeles district of Wilmington was included in the 1784 Spanish land grant of Rancho San Pedro.

His brother Pedro Estrada was granted the adjacent Rancho Asuncion in 1845.

In 1846 Jose Dolores Sepulveda and José Loreto received a Mexican land grant from Alta Governor Pío Pico for a parcel from the huge original 1784 Spanish land grant Rancho San Pedro of Manuel Dominguez.

The campus sits on the historic Rancho San Pedro, the oldest land grant in the Los Angeles area.

Its population took refuge in the Presidio's Rancho del Rey San Pedro ( King's Farm ), in the vicinity of Salinas.

Known at one time as the " San Pedro Rancho ," the property featured a tile-roofed chapel ( visita ) and a hostel, both built by relocated Luiseño and Juaneño Native Americans, the latter for the use of traveling clergy.

The battle took place within Manuel Dominguez's Rancho San Pedro.

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* Rancho San Pedro

In 1784 the Spanish land grant for Rancho San Pedro was issued to Juan Jose Dominguez by King Carlos III — the Spanish Empire.

West Rancho Dominguez ( formerly, West Compton ) is an unincorporated census-designated place ( CDP ) located in southern Los Angeles County, California.

The 2010 United States Census reported that West Rancho Dominguez had a population of 5, 669.

The racial makeup of West Rancho Dominguez was 1, 054 ( 18. 6 %) White, 2, 974 ( 52. 5 %) African American, 32 ( 0. 6 %) Native American, 46 ( 0. 8 %) Asian, 21 ( 0. 4 %) Pacific Islander, 1, 354 ( 23. 9 %) from other races, and 188 ( 3. 3 %) from two or more races.

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On 7 – 9 October 1846, Mervine led 203 U. S. Marines, 147 American sailors, and volunteers in the invasion of Los Angeles where he lost the Battle of Dominguez Rancho.

The tour visited the following California cities: Alhambra, Baldwin Park, East Rancho Dominguez, Fullerton, Gardena, Huntington Beach, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Monterey Park, North Hollywood, Norwalk, Pasadena, Redlands, Reseda, San Bernardino, San Fernando, Van Nuys, and West Covina.

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The Battle of Dominguez Rancho or The Battle of the Old Woman's Gun ( October 8 – 9, 1846 ) was a military engagement of the Mexican – American War.

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East Rancho Dominguez Library **

* 4205 E Compton Boulevard, East Rancho Dominguez, California 90221-3664