Rancho San Pascual also known as Rancho el Rincón de San Pascual was a
Mexican land grant
The Spanish and Mexican governments made many concessions and land grants in Alta California (now known as California) and Baja California from 1775 to 1846. The Spanish Concessions of land were made to retired soldiers as an inducement fo ...
in present-day
Los Angeles County, California
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given to Juan Marine in 1834 by
José Figueroa. Rancho San Pascual land now includes the cities of
Pasadena,
South Pasadena, and portions of
San Marino, and the unincorporated communities of
Altadena and
San Pasqual.
History
After the
Mission San Gabriel Arcángel
Mission San Gabriel Arcángel ( es, Misión de San Gabriel Arcángel) is a Californian mission and historic landmark in San Gabriel, California. It was founded by Spaniards of the Franciscan order on "The Feast of the Birth of Mary," September ...
was secularized in 1834, the rancho was granted by Governor Figueroa to Juan Mariné, a retired artillery lieutenant. Juan Marine's wife
Maria Antonia Sepulveda had died in 1831, and Marine married the widow
Eulalia Pérez de Guillén Mariné.
Juan Marine died in 1838, and José Pérez and
Enrique Sepúlveda were granted title to Rancho San Pascual by Mexican Governor
Alvarado in 1839. Both built small adobe houses near the Arroyo Seco. Perez died in 1841 and Enrique Sepulveda died in 1843. Rancho San Pascual was once again abandoned.
Manuel Garfias, a lieutenant in the Mexican Army, denounced the former grant and claimed the land for himself. Manuel Garfias was granted title to Rancho San Pasqual by Mexican Governor
Micheltorena in 1843. Garfias served in Micheltorena's "Batalon Fijo de Californias" or the Fixed Battalion of California as an officer from 1842 to 1845. Garfias married Luisa Avila, the daughter of
Francisco Avila and
María Encarnación Sepúlveda Avila, the owners of
Rancho Las Cienegas and the
Avila Adobe.
With the
cession of California to the United States following the
Mexican–American War, the 1848
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho San Pascual to the
Public Land Commission
The California Land Act of 1851 (), enacted following the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the admission of California as a state in 1850, established a three-member Public Land Commission to determine the validity of prior Spanish and Mexican la ...
for 3 square leagues based on the Alvarado grant to Enrique Sepulveda and José Perez, was made by
María Merced Lugo de Foster and María Antonia Perez June, but was rejected. Garfias received a
US patent for based on the Micheltorena grant.
Benjamin "Don Benito" Wilson acquired a small part of the Rancho in 1852, and received a US patent for .
Garfias sold portions of San Pascual to finance the building of an elaborate adobe manor was constructed along the east bank of the
Arroyo Seco. This expensive adobe was the new headquarters of Rancho San Pascual, but it caused Garfias to lose his land. Benjamin Wilson acquired rest of the rancho from Garfias in 1858.
Wilson sold a half interest in Rancho San Pascual to John S. Griffin in 1860. Griffin sold portions of his share including to Dr.
Benjamin S. Eaton, the father of
Fred Eaton
Frederick Eaton (1856 – March 11, 1934), known as Fred Eaton, was a major individual in the transformation and expansion of Los Angeles in the latter 19th century through early 20th century, in California. Eaton was the political mastermin ...
. In 1873, Daniel M. Berry, a purchasing agent for the Indiana Colony of California, came to Rancho San Pascual. Berry purchased a large portion of the property along the
Arroyo Seco and on January 31, 1874 incorporated the
Indiana Colony.
[.]
In 1872,
George Stoneman bought from Wilson.
Historic sites of the Rancho
*
Adobe Flores
Adobe Flores is a historic house in South Pasadena, California, U.S. It was built on Rancho San Pascual from 1838 to 1845. It was named for José María Flores. It was restored by architect Carleton Winslow in 1919. It has been listed on the Na ...
built by José Pérez. After his defeat at the
Battle of La Mesa,
Jose Maria Flores camped at Rancho San Pascual near the adobe.
*
Governor Stoneman Adobe, Los Robles
Governor Stoneman Adobe, Los Robles was the home of George Stoneman, the 15th Governor of California, from January 10, 1883, to January 8, 1887. The home was built in 1876 on his 400-acre estate, that was on the former Rancho San Pascual, pres ...
.
Governor Stoneman Adobe, Los Robles
See also
* Eulalia Pérez de Guillén Mariné
* Ranchos of California
The Spanish and Mexican governments made many concessions and land grants in Alta California (now known as California) and Baja California from 1775 to 1846. The Spanish Concessions of land were made to retired soldiers as an inducement for ...
* List of Ranchos of California
References
External links
Map of old Spanish and Mexican ranchos in Los Angeles County
{{California history
San Pascual
San Pascual
History of Pasadena, California
Altadena, California
Arroyo Seco (Los Angeles County)
San Marino, California
San Gabriel Valley
South Pasadena, California
1834 establishments in Alta California