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Rancho Los Álamos was a Mexican land grant in present-day
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* Los Alamos Ranch House. A one story adobe ranch house established about 1840 and designated a
Ranchos of Santa Barbara County Map
{{California history Los Alamos
Santa Barbara County, California
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given in 1839 by Governor Juan Alvarado to José Antonio de la Guerra, a son of José de la Guerra y Noriega. ''Los Álamos'' is Spanish for "the cottonwoods" and describes Frémont's Cottonwood ''(Populus fremontii)'' trees lining the banks of the San Antonio Creek.
History
In 1839, during Mexico's rule ofAlta California
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, José Antonio de la Guerra was granted title to Rancho Los Álamos in the Los Alamos Valley. Concepción Ortega, who married José de la Guerra, came to live at the adobe ranch house.
With the cession
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of California to the United States following the Mexican–American War
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, the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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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 Los Álamos 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 land grant was patented
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to de la Guerra in 1872.
In 1876, San Francisco
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financier Thomas Bell along with his son John S. Bell, and James B. Shaw, purchased acreage from Rancho Los Álamos and the neighboring Rancho La Laguna. Both families allocated a half square mile from each of their new ranches to create the Los Alamos town site with "Centennial Street" as the central thoroughfare./ref>
Historic sites of the Rancho
* Los Alamos Ranch House. A one story adobe ranch house established about 1840 and designated a National Historic Landmark
A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a National Register of Historic Places property types, building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the Federal government of the United States, United States government f ...
in 1970.
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 Map
{{California history Los Alamos