- Rancho San Pedro
The Rancho San Pedro land grant was validated by the Mexican government at 48,000
acre s (195 km²) in 1828, and aUS land grant validating 25,000 acres (100 km²) was issued in 1858 by the state of California.Juan Jose Dominguez, 1736 - 1809, a Spanish soldier, arrived in
San Diego ,California in 1769 withFernando Rivera y Moncada and served with theGaspar de Portolà expedition, and along withJuniperro Serra , traveled toSan Juan Capistrano ,San Gabriel and Monterey. In 1784, Juan Jose was granted seventeen Spanish leagues (75,000 acres, 305 km²) from theSpanish Empire , signed byKing Carlos III .The original Spanish land grant included what today consists of the Pacific coast cities of
Los Angeles harbor, San Pedro, thePalos Verdes peninsula, Torrance, Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, and Manhattan Beach, and east to theLos Angeles River including; the cities of Lomita, Gardena, Harbor City, Wilmington, Carson, Compton, and western portions of Long Beach and Paramount.The portion of the Rancho San Pedro land grant that later became the cities of the Palos Verdes Peninsula, as well as portions of Torrance and San Pedro, known as
Rancho de los Palos Verdes , was contested for many years between the Dominquez andSepulveda families through various appeals to Spanish Governors and law suits from 1817-1882, and was eventually partitioned into seventeen parcels in 1882.In 1846, the
Battle of Dominguez Rancho was fought on the rancho site during theMexican-American war .Manuel Dominguez , a descendent of Juan Jose, developed the rancho.Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum
The Friends of Rancho San Pedro operated the adobe ranch home as the Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum. The home features two-foot thick walls, heavy timbers and a flat, tarred roof. Much of the furniture is original to the Dominguez family. The Friends provide guided tours of the house, as well as host many educational programs about ranch life and early California history. The museum's address is 18127 South Alameda Street, Rancho Dominguez, California.
References
*The State of California museum's archives: State of California's Spanish / Mexican land grants
*Rancho Dominguez web site.External links
* [http://www.dominguezrancho.com/history/ "Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum"]
* [http://archives.csudh.edu:2006/cdm4/RanchoSanPedro.php "The Rancho San Pedro Collection"]
* http://www.maureenmegowan.com/PageManager/Default.aspx/PageID=1471578&NF=1
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