Contra Costa County · Alvarado (1836–1842)
Rancho Canada Del Hambre Y Las Bolsas (1838), Contra Costa County
Granted 1838 by Gov. Alvarado to Teodora Soto. Present-day Contra Costa County. 13,353 acres. U.S. land case ND 308: Confirmed.
- Granted
- 1838 by Governor Alvarado
- Grantee
- Teodora Soto
- Size
- 13,353 acres, 2 square leagues
- County
- Contra Costa County, California
- Period
- Alvarado (1836–1842)
- U.S. land case
- ND 308, Board of Land Commissioners, 1852
- Adjudication
- Confirmed
- U.S. patent
- issued to Teodora Soto, Dec. 31, 1866, 13,353.95 acres, General Land Office patent no. 114
Open Canada Del Hambre Y Las Bolsas on the interactive boundary map, where the grant is drawn against its neighbours.
Diseños
The hand-drawn grant maps filed with this claim (6 held).
Family
The grantee belongs to the Soto 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 308, Bancroft Library (digicoll)
Other grants in Contra Costa County
- Acalanes (1834)
- San Ramon {Norris} (1835)
- Los Medanos (1839)
- Laguna Del Los Palos Colorados (1835)
- Los Meganos (1835)
- Canada Del Hambre Y Las Bolsas (1838)
- Canada De Los Vaqueros (1844)
- San Ramon {Amador} (1834)
- Arroyo De Las Nueces Y Bolbones (1834)
- El Sobrante (1841)
- La Boca De La Canada Del Pinole (1842)
- San Ramon (Carpentier) (1833)
- Monte Del Diablo (1836)
- Las Juntas (1844)