Rancho Corral de Tierra (Vasquez)
Rancho Corral de Tierra was a 4,436-acre (17.95 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day coastal western San Mateo County, northern California.
It was given in 1839 by Governor Pro-Tem Manuel Jimeno to José Tiburcio Vásquez.
The dividing line between the two grants was the Arroyo de en Medio just south of El Granada. The Vasquez portion extended along the Pacific coast south from El Granada to Pilarcitos Creek, and encompassed what is now the northern section of the city of Half Moon Bay.[2][3]
History
José Tiburcio Vásquez (1795–1862), son of Jose Tiburcio Vásquez and Maria Antonia Bojorquez was born in the
With the
In 1862, Vásquez was shot while sitting in a saloon, and his killer never apprehended. Guerrero was murdered in San Francisco in 1851, and the two killings may have been related. Guerrero was scheduled to be a witness in the Santillan land fraud case, which Vasquez also served as a witness. A land grant of three square leagues at the Mission Dolores, was said to have been made in 1846 by Governor
References
- ^ 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 Corral de Tierra
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rancho Corral de Tierra
- ^ Guide to the Jose Tiburcio Vasquez Papers, 1839-1865
- ^ United States. District Court (California : Northern District) Land Case 167 ND
- ^ 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
- ^ United States vs. Bolton, US Supreme Court, 23 Howard, 241 Archived 2012-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Diseño del Rancho Corral de Tierra at The Bancroft Library