Contra Costa County · Gutiérrez · Chico · Castro (1835–1836)
Rancho Laguna Del Los Palos Colorados (1835)
Granted 1835 by Gov. Alvarado to J. Moraga and Juan Bernal. Present-day Contra Costa County. 13,316 acres. U.S. land case ND 276: Confirmed.
- Granted
- 1835 by Governor Alvarado
- Grantee
- J. Moraga and Juan Bernal
- Size
- 13,316 acres, 3 square leagues
- County
- Contra Costa County, California
- Period
- Gutiérrez · Chico · Castro (1835–1836)
- U.S. land case
- ND 276, Board of Land Commissioners, 1852
- Adjudication
- Confirmed
- U.S. patent
- issued to Joaquin Moraga and Juan Bernal, Aug. 10, 1876, 13,316.25 acres, General Land Office patent no. 123
Open Laguna Del Los Palos Colorados on the interactive boundary map, where the grant is drawn against its neighbours.
Diseños
The hand-drawn grant maps filed with this claim (7 held).
Family
The grantee belongs to the Bernal 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 276, Bancroft Library (digicoll)
Other grants in Contra Costa County
- Acalanes (1834)
- San Ramon {Norris} (1835)
- Los Medanos (1839)
- Canada Del Hambre Y Las Bolsas (1838)
- 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)