Rancho San José (Palomares)
Rancho San Jose was a 22,340-acre (90.4 km2)
History
With the
Palomares and Véjar conducted sheep and cattle operations on Rancho San Jose, also growing crops for consumption by the residents of the rancho. In the early 1860s the west coast experienced an epic flood, followed by several years of severe drought which decimated the ranch's population of sheep and cattle. On top of which a smallpox epidemic claimed the lives of 3 of the Palomares' children. Ygancio Palomares died in 1864, and his widow began selling the ranch land in 1865, finally selling the Adobe in 1874 and moving in with her children. Véjar lost his share by foreclosure to two Los Angeles merchants, Isaac Schlesinger and Hyman Tischler, in 1864. The merchants took advantage of Véjar's inability to read English and his belief that what they told him the documents he was asked to sign actually meant.[12] In 1866, Schlesinger and Tischler sold the ranch to Louis Phillips.[13]
Historic sites of the rancho
Due in part to the slower growth of eastern Los Angeles County, and the early activities of the Historical Society of Pomona Valley, many of the historic buildings of the Rancho San Jose remain in existence today, several of them operated by the Historical Society. Historic sites of Rancho San Jose include the following:
- La Casa Primera de Rancho San Jose – the original adobe home of Ygnacio Palomares built in 1837; now operated by the Historical Society of Pomona Valley
- La Casa Alvarado – an adobe home built in 1840 by Palomares' close friend, Yganacio Alvarado, near the Casa Primera
- Ygnacio Palomares Adobe – the second and larger adobe home built by Ygnacio Palomares between 1849 and 1854; now operated by the Historical Society of Pomona Valley
- Los Angeles County; the mansion is now operated by the Historic Society of Pomona Valley
- San Dimas Hotel – railroad hotel built by the San Jose Ranch Company in 1887 in anticipation of a land boom that went bust; the hotel never had a paying guest and became a private residence; now operated by the City of San Dimas
Ygnacio Palomares
Ygnacio Palomares (February 2, 1811 – November 25, 1864)
Ricardo Véjar
Nepomuceno Ricardo Véjar (1805–1882) was born in San Diego, the son of Francisco Salvador Véjar, a soldier in San Diego. The family moved to Los Angeles (Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas) in 1810. Ricardo Véjar served as Juez de Campo (Country Judge) in Los Angeles in 1833. Véjar's sister, Magdalena Véjar, was married to Jorge Morrillo, grantee of
Luis Arenas
Luis Arenas came to California, possibly in 1834, with a group of colonists. He was married to Josefa Palomares (1815–1901),
See also
- Ranchos of California
- List of Ranchos of California
- Ranchos of Los Angeles County
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
- ^ "Adobe de Palomares". Historical Society of Pomona Valley. Archived from the original on 2008-10-06. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
- ^ Diseño del Rancho San José
- ^ "Map of old Spanish and Mexican ranchos in Los Angeles County". Archived from the original on 2016-07-27. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rancho San Jose
- ^ Rancho San Jose
- ^ ISBN 0-8047-4483-1.
- ^ United States. District Court (California : Southern District)Land Case 122 SD
- ^ Finding Aid to the Documents Pertaining to the Adjudication of Private Land Claims in California, circa 1852-1892
- ^ a b Report of the Surveyor General 1844–1886 Archived 2009-05-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ United States. District Court (California : Southern District)Land Case 128 SD
- ^ James Miller Guinn, 1915,A history of California and an extended history of Los Angeles and environs
- ^ James Miller Guinn, 1915,A history of California and an extended history of Los Angeles and environs
- ^ a b The Historical Society of Pomona Valley
- ^ Hoover, Roy (1961). "The Adobe de Palomares". The Historical Society of Southern California. no. 4: 416 – via JSTOR.
{{cite journal}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - ^ Layne, J. Gregg (1936). "The First Census of the Los Angeles District: Padron de la Ciudad de Los Angeles Y Su Jurisdiccion Año 1836". The Quarterly: Historical Society of Southern California. no. 3: 87–88 – via JSTOR.
{{cite journal}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - ISBN 9780393353655.
- ^ Guillow, Lawrence E. (1995). "Pandemonium in the Plaza: The First Los Angeles Riot, July 22, 1856". Southern California Quarterly. no. 3: 188 – via JSTOR.
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- ^ Josefa Palomares de Arenas
External links
- Map of old Spanish and Mexican ranchos in Los Angeles County Archived 2016-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
- 1888 irrigation survey Rancho San José
- CHS-6113, Photo of San Jose Ranch House, built by Ygnacio Palomares and owned by Spadra, ca.1875. The two-story house features an extended roof supported by posts that provides for a covered walkway around the building on both the first and second floors. Picket fence surrounds the house. People can be seen lounging on the walkways of the house. A man on a horse and two men on a horse-drawn carriage are visible in the foreground. A large hill, now called Elephant Hill, is visible behind the house to the south. From the University of Southern California, Digital Library. photographer, Charles C. Pierce, (1861–1946)