Alta California · Micheltorena (1842–1845)
Rancho Shoquel Augmentation (1844)
Granted 1844 under Jose Figueroa; Micheltorena to M. Castro. 32,702 acres. U.S. land case ND 343: Confirmed.
- Granted
- 1844
- Granting authorities
- Jose Figueroa; Micheltorena
- Grantee
- M. Castro
- Size
- 32,702 acres, 1 square leagues
- Period
- Micheltorena (1842–1845)
- U.S. land case
- ND 343, Board of Land Commissioners, 1852
- Adjudication
- Confirmed
- U.S. patent
- issued to Martina Castro, Mar. 19, 1860, 32,702.41 acres, General Land Office patent no. 201
Open Shoquel Augmentation on the interactive boundary map, where the grant is drawn against its neighbours.
Family
The grantee belongs to the Castro 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 343, Bancroft Library (digicoll)
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