Rancho El Rincon was a
Mexican land grant in present day
Santa Barbara County
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and
Ventura County, California
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given in 1835 by Governor
José Figueroa to Teodoro Arellanes. "Rincon" means "corner" in Spanish. The grant extended along the Pacific coast at the Santa Barbara and Ventura County line and encompassed
Rincon Point, Rincon State Beach and present day
La Conchita
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.
History
José Teodoro Arellanes (1782-1858) was a soldier at the
Presidio of Santa Barbara when he was married to María Sirilda Procopia Ruiz in 1802. After she died, he married the widow Maria Josefa Rodriguez (1786-1851) in 1812. Teodoro Arellanes was granted the one square league Rancho El Rincon in 1835, and
Rancho Guadalupe in 1840.
With the
cession of California to the United States following the
Mexican-American War
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, the 1848
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo officially ended the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). It was signed on 2 February 1848 in the town of Villa de Guadalupe, Mexico City, Guadalupe Hidalgo.
After the defeat of its army and the fall of the cap ...
provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho El Rincon was filed with 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 the California State Lands Commission to determine the validity of prior Spanish and Mexican l ...
in 1852, and the grant was
patented
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to Teodoro Arellanes in 1872.
"PLAT OF THE RANCHO EL RINCON"
1 AMR 12. ''Ventura County Recorder'' Retrieved November 26, 2013 fro
CountyView GIS
In 1855, Arellanes gave the rancho to his son-in-law Dr. Matthew H. Biggs, who married daughter Maria de Jesus Arellanes in 1853. In 1882 Biggs sold the rancho to Benigno Gutierrez (-1902), his former business partner, and Dr. Charles B. Bates.
See also
*Ranchos of California
In Alta California (now known as California) and Baja California, ranchos were concessions and land grants made by the Viceroyalty of New Spain, Spanish and History of Mexico, Mexican governments from 1775 to 1846. The Spanish concessions of l ...
* List of Ranchos of California
References
External links
Ranchos of Santa Barbara County MapDiseño del Rancho El Rincon : Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties, Ca
at The Bancroft Library
{{California history
El Rincon (Arellanes)
El Rincon (Arellanes)