Rancho San Joaquin
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.
History
Rancho Cienega de las Ranas was granted to José Sepúlveda (1803 - 1875) by Mexican Governor Juan B. Alvarado in 1837. Additional land, Rancho La Bolsa de San Joaquín, was granted to Sepúlveda in 1842. Together these two ranchos formed Rancho San Joaquín.[1] The grant was patented to José Sepulveda in 1867.[2][3]
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.
Modern development of the Rancho
Rancho Cienega de las Ranas encompassed present day Irvine and the San Joaquin Hills. Rancho Bolsa de San Joaquin encompassed Newport Bay southeast to what was then Laguna Canyon Creek in present day Newport Beach.[4][5]
References
- ^ Hoover, Mildred B. (1966). Historic Spots in California. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0804744829.
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- ^ United States. District Court (California : Southern District) Land Case 185 SD
- ^ Diseño del Rancho San Joaquín
- ^ Orange County Spanish and Mexican Ranchos