Rancho Paraje de Sanchez (also called "Rancho Punta del Monte") was a 6,584-acre (26.64 km2) Mexican land grant in the Salinas Valley, in present day Monterey County, California. It was given in 1839 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to Francisco Lugo.[1]
Rancho Paraje de Sanchez | |
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  Rancho Paraje de Sanchez Location in California  Rancho Paraje de Sanchez Rancho Paraje de Sanchez (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 36°28′12″N 121°27′36″W / 36.47000°N 121.46000°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Monterey County, USA |
The grant extended between the Sierra de Salinas (mountains) and the south bank of the Salinas River, across from the Rancho Rincon de la Puente del Monte of Teodoro Gonzalez.[2] [3]
History
editFrancisco Lugo was granted the one and one half square league Rancho Paraje de Sanchez in 1939.
With the cession of California to the United States following the Mexican-American War, the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho Paraje de Sanchez was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1853,[4][5] and the grant was patented to Juana Briones de Lugo et al. in 1866.[6]
Francisco Soberanes, who inherited Rancho Ex-Mission Soledad, later purchased the adjoining Rancho Paraje de Sanchez.[citation needed]
In 1872, Honoré Escolle purchased 1,400 acres (570 ha) of land in Rancho Paraje de Sanchez. He spent a large sum of money to improve it by planting 50 acres (20 ha) in fruit trees. He had a residence on this ranch where he lived with his family.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Ogden Hoffman, 1862, Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Numa Hubert, San Francisco
- ^ Diseño del Rancho Paraje de Sanchez
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rancho Paraje de Sanchez
- ^ United States. District Court (California : Southern District) Land Case 230 SD
- ^ Finding Aid to the Documents Pertaining to the Adjudication of Private Land Claims in California, circa 1852-1892
- ^ Report of the Surveyor General 1844 - 1886 Archived 2013-03-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Renison and Farley (1894). Resources of Monterey County Midwinter Fair Edition. p. 14. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
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