Rancho de las Pulgas

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Rancho de las Pulgas was a Spanish land grant to José Darío Argüello, later Luis Antonio Argüello, then later Luis's widow, Maria Soledad Ortega de Argüello. Granted multiple times, it was finally patented under a United States Supreme Court ruling. The grant covers what are now the cities San Mateo, Belmont, San Carlos, Redwood City, Atherton & Menlo Park; about 142 km² (35,000 acres). The condensed legal description is San Mateo Creek south to San Francisquito Creek, and from San Francsico Bay to the foothills about 1 league more or less.

While its original humor is lost, the translation of the name still provides a chuckle. Literally, the name is Ranch of the Fleas, or correctly translated Fleas' Ranch.

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