Rancho La Ballona

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Rancho La Ballona
Ranchos of Alta California of Mexico
 • TypeMexican-era land grant
History 
• Established
1839
Today part ofUnited States

Rancho La Ballona was a 13,920-acre (56.3 km2) Mexican land grant in the present-day Westside region of Los Angeles County, Southern California.

The

Woodlawn Cemetery of Santa Monica
in the early 20th century.

The grant stretched from inland (near the present day

Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica, Rancho Rincón de los Bueyes, Rancho Aguaje de la Centinela, and Rancho Sausal Redondo
.

1858 survey
1868 survey

History

In 1821 they applied again, joined by Augustin's brother Ygnacio, and Felipe's son Tomas. The military commander, José de la Guerra y Noriega, gave them permission to graze cattle on the future Rancho La Ballona lands, when they were living in the Pueblo de Los Ángeles.[4] In 1839 Mexican Governor Alvarado confirmed the land grant for Rancho La Ballona to them.

Playa Del Rey), and Ballona Wetlands

The

US District Court upheld the decision on appeal in 1873, 8 years after Agustín Machado had died, and Rancho La Ballona was patented at 13,920 acres (56 km2) to the original four claimants.[7]

In 1857,

Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica, was to the "Estate of Augustin Machado", and by a later partition in 1875 this allotment was re-divided among the "Heirs of Augustin Machado".[8][9][10][11]

In 1928, an “old-timer” told the

Rancho Rincon de Los Bueyes of 3,000 acres was owned by Don Francisco Higuera. Adjoining Rincon de Los Bueyes were the ranchos off Don Ignacio Machado, Andres Machado, Antonio Machado, Bernardino Machado, Macedonia Aguilar, Ellenda Young, and Cy Sandford, along what is now the Inglewood Road.”[12]

Camp Latham

Main article: Camp Latham

During the Civil War General George Wright ordered troops to secure Port Ballona against a possible seizure by pro-Confederates, and by 1862 6,000 Union troops were stationed Port Ballona.[citation needed] Their post was named Camp Latham, after Milton Latham.[citation needed]

Rancho La Ballona in 1888, excerpted from Official map of Los Angeles County by V. J. Rowan

Machado family

José Manuel Machado (1756–1810) married María de la Luz Valenzuela Y Avilas in 1780, and traveled in

Pueblo de Los Angeles
. Two of his sons, José Agustín Antonio Machado and José Ygnacio Antonio Machado, tried unsuccessfully for some time to get grazing rights on land near the pueblo.

Augustín Machado (1794–1865)

Augustin Machado

Agustín Machado married María Petra Buelna in 1824, but she died while giving birth to their first child, Juan Bautista (1826–1907). In 1827, Machado married Ramona Sepúlveda, the daughter of

Rancho La Laguna to Augustin Machado in 1858. This later acquisition also was the site of one of the Butterfield Overland Mail
stage stations until 1861.

Ygnacio Machado (1797–1878)

In 1826, Ygnacio Machado married Estefana Palomares they had 7 children: Luisa, Versabe, María, José, Andres, Francisco and Rafael. Ygnacio Machado was the grantee of

Pueblo of Los Angeles.[15]

Talamantes family

Felipe Talamantes (1771–1856)

Luis Felipe Talamantes was a retired soldier between 1783–84 when he went with Juan Jose Dominguez to be Majordomo of the Rancho San Pedro. He went back to Baja, California to get married 1792. Felipe brought his wife Idlefonza Avila and son Tomas back to the Pueblo of Los Angeles in 1794. Felipe and Idlefonza's children were Tomas, Pablo Antonio, Maria de Los Angeles, Felipe, and Jose Nicodemus.

Tomás Talamantes (1792–1873)

Tomas Talamantes married Maria Petronila Olivas and had 8 children. He forfeited his one fourth interest in Rancho La Ballona for nonpayment of a loan in 1857.

See also

People
65-foot (20 m) tall, heavy-trunked native California sycamore (Platanus racemosa) on Inglewood Blvd, Del Rey, Los Angeles, six blocks from Ballona Creek

References

  1. ^ diseno Rancho La Ballona
  2. ^ 1900 USGS topographic map[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Map of old Spanish and Mexican ranchos in Los Angeles County
  4. ^ Ingersoll's Century History, Santa Monica Bay Cities, p.137 – 139
  5. ^ United States. District Court (California : Southern District)Land Case 123 SD
  6. ^ Finding Aid to the Documents Pertaining to the Adjudication of Private Land Claims in California, circa 1852-1892
  7. ^ Report of the Surveyor General 1844–1886 Archived 2013-03-20 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ a b c Huntington Digital Library: "Map of the Rancho "La Ballona" (circa 1867) . accessed 28 August 2016.
  9. ISBN 978-0-87093-164-2
  10. ^ Robinson, W. W. (William Wilcox), 1939, Culver City : a calendar of events in which is included, also, the story of Palms and Playa Del Rey together with Rancho la Ballona and Rancho Rincon de los Bueyes, Title Guarantee and Trust Co, Los Angeles.
  11. ^ Ranchos and the Politics of Land Claims Archived 2016-01-29 at the Wayback Machine by Karen Clay and Werner Troesken
  12. ^ Guzman, N.S., RANCHO DAYS OF PAST RECALLED: Culver City Neighborhood Pioneers' Playground Excursions to Santa Monica Popular in 1876 Historic Fifty-Mile Relay Horse Race Retold, Los Angeles Times, 1928-05-04, p. B5.
  13. ^ Woodlawn Cemetery
  14. ^ "Supervisor Francisco Machado" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
  15. ISBN 978-0-8047-4482-9
    .

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