Rancho San Pedro

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The Rancho San Pedro land grant was validated by the Mexican government at 48,000 acres (19,500 hectare) in 1828, and a US land grant validating 25,000 acres (10,000 ha) was issued in 1858 by the state of California.

Juan Jose Dominguez, 1736 - 1809, a Spanish soldier, arrived in San Diego, California in 1769 with Fernando Rivera y Moncada and served with the Gaspar de Portolà expedition, and along with Juniperro Serra, traveled to San Juan Capistrano, San Gabriel and Monterey. In 1784, Juan Jose was granted forty Spanish leagues (75,000 acres, 30,500 ha) from the Spanish Empire, signed by King Carlos III.

The original Spanish land grant included what today consists of the Pacific coast cities of Los Angeles harbor, San Pedro, the Palos Verdes peninsula, Torrance, Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, and Manhattan Beach, and east to the Los Angeles River including; the cities of Lomita, Gardena, Harbor City, Wilmington, Carson, Compton, and western portions of Long Beach and Paramount.

In 1846, the Battle of Dominguez Rancho was fought on the rancho site during the Mexican-American war.

Manuel Dominguez, a decendent of Juan Jose, developed the rancho.

[edit] Sources

• Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum
• The Rancho San Pedro Collection

[edit] References

• The State of California museum's archives: State of California's Spanish / Mexican land grants
• Rancho Dominguez web site.