Alameda County · Alvarado (1836–1842)
Rancho Agua Caliente (1839)
Granted 1839 under Nicolas Gutierrez; Alvarado to F. Higuera. Present-day Alameda County. 9,563 acres. U.S. land case ND 133: Confirmed.
- Granted
- 1839
- Granting authorities
- Nicolas Gutierrez; Alvarado
- Grantee
- F. Higuera
- Size
- 9,563 acres, 2 square leagues
- County
- Alameda County, California
- Period
- Alvarado (1836–1842)
- U.S. land case
- ND 133, Board of Land Commissioners, 1852
- Adjudication
- Confirmed
- U.S. patent
- issued to Fulgencio Higuera, Apl. 17, 1858, 9,563.87 acres, General Land Office patent no. 136
Open Agua Caliente on the interactive boundary map, where the grant is drawn against its neighbours.
Diseños
The hand-drawn grant maps filed with this claim (4 held).
Family
The grantee belongs to the Higuera family, one of the landholding dynasties of Mexican California.
Sources
- Boundary & land-case data: ECAI/UCSD Spanish & Mexican Land Grants (via the California Land Grants ArcGIS project)
- Land case file ND 133, Bancroft Library (digicoll)
Other grants in Alameda County
- San Lorenzo (Soto) (1841)
- San Leandro (1842)
- Potrero De Las Cerritos (1844)
- Santa Rita (1839)
- Las Positas (1839)
- San Lorenzo (Castro) (1841)
- Arroyo De La Alameda (1842)