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consortium of developers. José de Jesus and Sisto saved four square miles (2560 acres, or 10 km) for themselves. However, other family members contended that they owned part of the larger Rancho, based on the second grant petition which mentioned extended family. Miguel
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settlers, to pay gambling debts. They owed Edward
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in their wives' names in 1852, and the grant was patented to MarĂa
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1694:Placerville
1559:Santa Maria
1519:Victorville
1509:Santa Clara
1494:Simi Valley
1339:Chula Vista
1314:Bakersfield
1274:Los Angeles
1181:Santa Clara
1161:San Joaquin
1061:Los Angeles
847:Present day
832:Development
812:Engineering
757:Californios
700:Before 1900
646: /
634:122°14′24″W
230:Earl Warren
190:quicksilver
60:Pomo people
40:Putah Creek
1754:Categories
1684:Marysville
1659:Susanville
1614:San Rafael
1609:Santa Cruz
1539:Costa Mesa
1399:Santa Rosa
1304:Long Beach
1299:Sacramento
1216:Stanislaus
1186:Santa Cruz
1141:San Benito
1136:Sacramento
817:Water wars
799:Since 1900
713:Precontact
631:38°37′12″N
288:References
186:Monticello
176:Monticello
120:Millstones
38:came from
1674:Red Bluff
1649:Hollister
1634:El Centro
1599:Yuba City
1554:Fairfield
1544:Inglewood
1504:Roseville
1474:Fullerton
1464:Sunnyvale
1459:Escondido
1424:Elk Grove
1419:Lancaster
1404:Oceanside
1329:Riverside
1324:Santa Ana
1279:San Diego
1171:San Mateo
1151:San Diego
1131:Riverside
1081:Mendocino
1011:El Dorado
1006:Del Norte
991:Calaveras
963:By county
910:By region
885:Railroads
865:Etymology
842:Tech boom
787:Civil War
782:Gold Rush
36:Las Putas
1724:Lakeport
1689:Piedmont
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1529:Berkeley
1524:El Monte
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1076:Mariposa
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1026:Humboldt
933:Yosemite
918:Bay Area
880:Missions
875:Maritime
870:Highways
857:By topic
543:Archived
510:Archived
390:Archived
271:See also
257:magazine
255:Aperture
220:and the
115:hacienda
1739:Alturas
1729:Jackson
1709:Willows
1624:Hanford
1564:Redding
1549:Ventura
1514:Vallejo
1499:Concord
1489:Visalia
1454:Hayward
1439:Salinas
1414:Ontario
1369:Fontana
1359:Modesto
1344:Fremont
1319:Anaheim
1309:Oakland
1266:By city
1246:Ventura
1231:Trinity
971:Alameda
946:Regions
895:Slavery
890:Ranchos
182:platted
149:by the
133:in the
96:natives
50:History
1719:Sonora
1714:Colusa
1679:Auburn
1654:Eureka
1639:Lompoc
1604:Madera
1584:Merced
1534:Downey
1479:Orange
1444:Pomona
1434:Corona
1364:Oxnard
1349:Irvine
1294:Fresno
1236:Tulare
1226:Tehama
1221:Sutter
1211:Sonoma
1206:Solano
1196:Sierra
1191:Shasta
1126:Plumas
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1116:Orange
1111:Nevada
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1056:Lassen
1016:Fresno
996:Colusa
981:Amador
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1699:Yreka
1664:Ukiah
1579:Chico
1091:Modoc
1071:Marin
1046:Kings
1021:Glenn
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807:Labor
151:Anglo
1589:Napa
1256:Yuba
1251:Yolo
1106:Napa
1096:Mono
1051:Lake
1041:Kern
1036:Inyo
443:ISBN
249:Life
238:and
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