Mariposa County · Micheltorena (1842–1845)
Rancho Las Mariposas (1844)
Granted 1844 by Gov. Micheltorena to Juan Bautista Alvarado. Present-day Mariposa County. 44,386 acres. U.S. land case ND 001: Confirmed.
- Granted
- 1844 by Governor Micheltorena
- Grantee
- Juan Bautista Alvarado
- Size
- 44,386 acres, 10 square leagues
- County
- Mariposa County, California
- Period
- Micheltorena (1842–1845)
- U.S. land case
- ND 001, Board of Land Commissioners, 1852
- Adjudication
- Confirmed
- U.S. patent
- issued to John C. Fremont, Feb. 19, 1856, 44,386.83 acres, General Land Office patent no. 104
Open Las Mariposas on the interactive boundary map, where the grant is drawn against its neighbours.
Diseños
The hand-drawn grant maps filed with this claim (1 held).
Family
The grantee belongs to the Alvarado 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 001, Bancroft Library (digicoll)