Rancho San Lorenzo (Castro)
Rancho San Lorenzo was a 26,722-acre (108.14 km2)
, including Crow Canyon, Cull Canyon, and Palomares Canyons.Alex Giualini Plaza
History
The grant was located on the route of El Camino Viejo.
With the
Soon after, Castro began to sell off his land to pay debts. The last of his holding was sold in a sheriff's sale in 1864 to Faxon Atherton. Atherton in turn began selling off his portion in smaller parcels.[4]
Rancho San Lorenzo (Sota)
Guillermo and Maria Louisa Peralta Castro owned Rancho San Lorenzo Alta. Francisco and Barbara Soto owned an adjacent rancho called Rancho San Lorenzo Baja - sometimes called San Lorenzito, or Little San Lorenzo. Barbara Soto was Guillermo Castro's sister.[5] Soto's grant was patented at 6,686 acres (27 km2) in 1877.
See also
References
- ^ United States. District Court (California : Northern District)Land Case 29 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
- ^ Lorge, L, Phelps, R, Weston, D. "Castro Valley" Arcadia Publishing, 2005. 128 pp.
- ^ Rancho San Lorenzo Alta and Rancho San Lorenzo Baja Archived 2010-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Ranchos San Lorenzo (Castro y Soto), at The Bancroft Library