Rancho Potrero de San Carlos
Rancho Potrero de San Carlos was a one square league (4,307-acre (17.43 km2))
nature preserve
.
History
When Fructuoso del Real died in 1845, he passed the land to his daughter, Maria Estefana del Real, who married Joaquín Gutierrez, a soldier.[4][5]
When Mexico
In 1857 Bradley Varnum Sargent bought Rancho Potrero de San Carlos. Sargent (1828–1893), born in
Rancho San Francisquito southeast of Rancho Potrero de San Carlos and combined the two into a single large ranch. He eventually owned thousands of head of cattle and hundreds of horses. He became a prominent attorney until his death in 1893. [citation needed
]
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 Potrero de San Carlos
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rancho Potrero de San Carlos
- ^ Deborah A. Miranda, 2010, Extermination of the Joyas: Gendercide in Spanish California, GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies 16.1-2 (2010): 253-284
- ISBN 978-0-8047-4482-9.
- ^ United States. District Court (California : Southern District) Land Case 333 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