Rancho Rosa Castilla
Rancho Rosa Castilla was a 3,283-acre (13.29 km2) Mexican land grant in the southwestern San Rafael Hills, in present day Los Angeles County, California, given to Juan Ballesteros in 1831 by Governor Manuel Victoria.[1]
It included present day
Public Land Commission
.
History
"Rancho Rosa de Castilla" was named for the abundant amount of native
Pueblo of Los Angeles from 1823 to 1824. The rancho was christened Rancho Rosa de Castilla.[citation needed
]
With the
Public Land Commission by Anacleto Lestrade, a priest at the San Gabriel Mission in 1852, but the Rosa de Castilla grant failed to receive confirmation from the Land Commission. The Board of Land Commissioners rejected the claim because: (a.) of unclear boundaries; and (b.) that the original grantee, Juan Ballesteros, had not occupied the land continuously as required.[3][4]
In 1852, the title passed to Jean-Baptiste Batz and his wife, Catalina. A
Basque emigre, Batz used the land for farming and intensive sheep ranching. In 1882, after both Jean-Baptiste and Catalina died, the land was divided among six of their children.[5][6]
The street Paseo Rancho Castilla, which runs around California State University, Los Angeles, is named after Rancho Rosa Castilla.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ United States; Hoffman, Ogden; Hubert, Numa, eds. (1862). Reports of land cases determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California: June term, 1853 to June term, 1858, inclusive. Volume I. San Francisco: N. Hubert.
- ^ Map of Rancho Rosa de Castilla
- ^ United States. District Court (California : Southern District) Land Case 309 SD
- ^ Finding Aid to the Documents Pertaining to the Adjudication of Private Land Claims in California, circa 1852-1892
- ISBN 978-0-8047-3333-5, Stanford University Press
- ^ Sustainable Cities and Industrial Ecology in El Sereno Archived 2008-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
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