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Revision as of 02:35, 16 October 2009
Rancho San Joaquin (also called Rancho Cienega de las Ranas or Rancho Bolsa de San Joaquin) was a 48,803-acre (197.50 km2) Mexican land grant in present day Orange County, California given to José Antonio Andres Sepúlveda. Cienega de las Ranas means "Marsh of the Frogs" in Spanish. Bolsa de San Joaquin means "Pocket of San Joaquin'" in Spanish.[1]
History
Rancho Cienega de las Ranas was granted to José Sepúlveda (1803 - 1875) by Mexican Governor Juan B. Alvarado in 1837. Rancho Cienega de las Ranas encompassed present day Irvine and the San Joaquin Hills. Additional land, Rancho La Bolsa de San Joaquín, was granted to Sepúlveda in 1842. Rancho Bolsa de San Joaquin encompassed Newport Bay southeast to what was then Laguna Canyon Creek in present day Newport Beach. Together these two ranchos formed Rancho San Joaquín.[2][3][4]
A claim was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1852 and the grant was patented to José Sepulveda in 1867.[5][6] In 1864, José Andrés Sepúlveda sold Rancho San Joaquin to Benjamin and Thomas Flint, Llewellyn Bixby and James Irvine to resolve debts due to the Great Drought, and it eventually became part of the Irvine Ranch.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rancho San Joaquin
- ^ Diseño del Rancho San Joaquín
- ^ Orange County Spanish and Mexican Ranchos
- ^ Hoover, Mildred B. (1966). Historic Spots in California. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0804744829.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Report of the Surveyor General 1844 - 1886
- ^ United States. District Court (California : Southern District) Land Case 185 SD