Rancho San Bernardino
Antonio María Lugo was granted the right to settle the San Bernardino Valley. In 1842, he convinced Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado
to grant Rancho San Bernardino to his four heirs.Rancho San Bernardino was a 35,509-acre (143.70 km2)
Diego Sepulveda.[1] The grant included a large part of the San Bernardino valley, and encompassed present-day San Bernardino, Fontana, Rialto, Redlands and Colton.[2]
History
In 1810, Padre
Jumuba rancheria .[3]
In January 1827, the exploring party of Jedediah Smith—first to reach California overland from the United States—spent several days in the area preparing for a return crossing of the Mojave Desert (having missed these settlements on the inbound journey)[4]
After the
Antonio Maria Lugo
petitioned for a land grant in the name of three of his sons, José del Carmen Lugo, José Maria Lugo, Vicente Lugo, and José del Carmen's friend, Diego Sepulveda. In 1842, the eight square league Rancho San Bernardino was granted to Antonio Maria Lugo, his sons and his nephews, who grazed cattle in the area.
With the
Public Land Commission in 1852,[5][6] and the grant was patented to José del Carmen Lugo, José María Lugo, Vicente Lugo, and Diego Sepulveda in 1865.[7]
In 1851, the Lugo family sold the Rancho to a group of almost 500 members of
Amasa M. Lyman and Charles C. Rich
.
See also
- History of San Bernardino, California
- Politana, California - Mission San Gabriel Chapel and first Spanish settlement in the area, later included in the Rancho land grant
- San Bernardino de Sena Estancia - Outpost of Mission San Gabriel, later included in the Rancho land grant
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 San Bernardino
- ^ San Bernardino History - Jumuba
- ISBN 978-0-8032-9197-3
- ^ United States. District Court (California : Southern District) Land Case 12 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
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