Rancho Monte del Diablo
Californio
ranchero.Rancho Monte del Diablo (Devil's Mount Ranch in Spanish) was a 17,921-acre (72.52 km2)
Avon on the Carquinez Strait of the Sacramento River, and included present day Concord and parts of Pleasant Hill. Pacheco and Clayton are outside of the Rancho Monte del Diablo grant.[2]
History
Juan Salvio Pacheco II (1793–1876) was the grandson of Juan Salvio Pacheco (1729–1777) and Maria Carmen del Valle, who came to California with the
Pueblo of San José. When Pacheo received the grant in 1834, his son, Fernando Pacheco, was sent to occupy the grant and begin cattle operations. Salvio Pacheco did not move the rest of his family to the rancho until 1846.[3]
With the
Salvio Pacheco married Maria Juana Flores in 1817 and had a family of five children – Fernando Pacheco, Maria Dolores Manuela Galindo, Sarah Amador, Salvador Pacheco, and Maria Concepcion Soto. Pacheco, California was named for Salvio Pacheco.[7]
Historic sites of the Rancho
- Don Salvio Pacheco Adobe. Two-story adobe built in 1846.[8]
- Fernando Pacheco Adobe. The site of the adobe house constructed in 1843 by Fernando Pacheco (and reconstructed in 1941).[9]
- Don Francisco Galindo House. The Galindo house was built in 1856 for Francisco Galindo and his wife, Maria Dolores Manuela Pacheco. Galindo moved to the Rancho Monte del Diablo and he purchased over 5,000 acres (20.2 km2) from Salvio.
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 Monte del Diablo
- ISBN 978-0-8047-4482-9.
- ^ United States. District Court (California : Northern District) Land Case 20 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
- ^ J. P. Munro-Fraser,1882,History of Contra Costa County, California, W.A. Slocum.
- ^ Salvio Pacheco Adobe (Landmark 515)
- ^ Fernando Pacheco Adobe (Landmark 455)
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