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Mariano Castro (Californio)
Mariano Castro (1784 – 1857) was a Californio soldier, ranchero, and local leader in early Alta California. Born near present‑day San Francisco, he served in the Spanish military and worked on the mission‑founding expedition led by Father Junípero Serra. After moving to San José, he held the office of Alcalde (mayor) around 1827. In 1844–45, Castro inherited Rancho Pastoria de las Borregas, a tract of mission land spanning parts of today’s Mountain View and Sunnyvale, California. He farmed and raised cattle there until his death in San José in 1857. Following California’s transition to U.S. governance, Castro's family defended their land under the Land Act of 1851, though much was lost to legal disputes and squatters. His descendants continued to shape Mountain View, donating land for schools, churches and laying out streets bearing the Castro name. Life Mariano Castro was born in the area that is now San Francisco, San Francisco, California in 1784. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of 2024, San Francisco is the List of California cities by population, fourth-most populous city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population, 17th-most populous in the United States. San Francisco has a land area of at the upper end of the San Francisco Peninsula and is the County statistics of the United States, fifth-most densely populated U.S. county. Among U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco is ranked first by per capita income and sixth by aggregate income as of 2023. San Francisco anchors the Metropolitan statistical area#United States, 13th-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S., with almost 4.6 million residents in 2023. The larger San Francisco Bay Area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
