Rancho la Ballona
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Rancho La Ballona was a 13920 acres (56.3 km²) Mexican land grant
in present day Los Angeles County, California
confirmed by governor Juan Alvarado in 1839 to Ygnacio and Augustin Machado and Felipe and Tomas Talamantes. The Machados and Talamantes had already been given a Spanish concession to graze their cattle on this land in 1819.
and north to Pico Boulevard
in Santa Monica
, and south to Playa Del Rey.
Augustin Machado and Felipe Talamantes, in 1819 were given a land permit for the Rancho de Los Quintos in Santa Barbara
but it was not a good venture for them. So, in 1821 they applied again, this time with Augustin and his brother, Ygnacio, and Felipe and son Tomas. The four received permission from the military commander José de la Guerra y Noriega
to graze cattle on Rancho La Ballona, while still living at the Pueblo de Los Angeles
.
In 1839, the land grant was confirmed to the Machado and Talamantes families by Mexican Governor Alvarado.
With the cession
of California to the United States following the Mexican-American War, the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, the Machados’ and Talamantes’ filed their claim for Rancho La Ballona with the Board of California Land Commissioners
in 1852, which was approved in 1854. The US District Court upheld the decision on appeal in 1873 (8 years after Agustín Machado's death), and Rancho La Ballona was patented
at 13920 acres (56 km²) to the original four claimants.
In 1857, Benjamin D. Wilson received title to one fourth of Rancho La Ballona on foreclosure
of a loan he had made to Tomas Talamantes in 1854. Wilson sold his undivided fourth of Rancho La Ballona to George A. Sanford and John D. Young, who in 1863 petitioned for a partition of the rancho. A partition decree amongst 23 parcels was issued in 1868. Each parcel got three types of land: "pasture", "irrigable"; and "bay". The largest allotment was to the "Estate of Augustin Machado" and by a later partition in 1875, this allotment was re-divided among the heirs of Augustin.
's 1781 expedition to Alta California
. In 1781, Machado retired to the Pueblo de Los Angeles
. Two of his sons, José Agustín Antonio Machado and José Ygnacio Antonio Machado, tried unsuccessfully for some time to get grazing rights on land near the pueblo.
to Augustin Machado in 1858.
in 1837. In 1845, Machado traded the rancho to Bruno Avila, brother of Antonio Avila, for a small tract in the Pueblo of Los Angeles.
. He went back to Baja, California to get married 1792. Felipe brought his wife Idlefonza Avila and son Tomas back to the Pueblo of Los Angeles in 1794. Felipe and Idlefonza’s children were Tomas, Pablo Antonio, Maria de Los Angeles, Felipe, and Jose Nicodemus.
People
Ranchos of California
The Spanish, and later the Méxican government encouraged settlement of territory now known as California by the establishment of large land grants called ranchos, from which the English ranch is derived. Devoted to raising cattle and sheep, the owners of the ranchos attempted to pattern themselves...
in present day Los Angeles County, California
Los Angeles County, California
Los Angeles County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of 2010 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 9,818,605, making it the most populous county in the United States. Los Angeles County alone is more populous than 42 individual U.S. states...
confirmed by governor Juan Alvarado in 1839 to Ygnacio and Augustin Machado and Felipe and Tomas Talamantes. The Machados and Talamantes had already been given a Spanish concession to graze their cattle on this land in 1819.
History
The grant stretched inland from the ocean into what is now Mar Vista, Westside Village, Palms, and Culver CityCulver City, California
Culver City is a city in western Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 38,883, up from 38,816 at the 2000 census. It is mostly surrounded by the city of Los Angeles, but also shares a border with unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County. Culver...
and north to Pico Boulevard
Pico Boulevard
Pico Boulevard is a major Los Angeles street that runs from the Pacific Ocean at Appian Way in Santa Monica to Central Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, California, USA...
in Santa Monica
Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, US. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is surrounded on three sides by the city of Los Angeles — Pacific Palisades on the northwest, Brentwood on the north, West Los Angeles on the northeast, Mar Vista on the east, and...
, and south to Playa Del Rey.
Augustin Machado and Felipe Talamantes, in 1819 were given a land permit for the Rancho de Los Quintos in Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean...
but it was not a good venture for them. So, in 1821 they applied again, this time with Augustin and his brother, Ygnacio, and Felipe and son Tomas. The four received permission from the military commander José de la Guerra y Noriega
José de la Guerra y Noriega
José Antonio de la Guerra y Noriega was a soldier and early settler of California.-Biography:José de la Guerra was born 1779 at Novales, Cantabria, Spain. As a boy he wished to be a friar...
to graze cattle on Rancho La Ballona, while still living at the Pueblo de Los Angeles
Pueblo de Los Angeles
El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles was the Spanish civilian pueblo founded in 1781, which by the 20th century became the American metropolis of Los Angeles....
.
In 1839, the land grant was confirmed to the Machado and Talamantes families by Mexican Governor Alvarado.
With the cession
Mexican Cession
The Mexican Cession of 1848 is a historical name in the United States for the region of the present day southwestern United States that Mexico ceded to the U.S...
of California to the United States following the Mexican-American War, the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is the peace treaty, largely dictated by the United States to the interim government of a militarily occupied Mexico City, that ended the Mexican-American War on February 2, 1848...
provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, the Machados’ and Talamantes’ filed their claim for Rancho La Ballona with the Board of California Land Commissioners
Public Land Commission
The Public Land Commission, a former agency of the United States government, was created following the admission of California as a state in 1850 . The Commission's purpose was to determine the validity of prior Spanish and Mexican land grants in California.California Senator William M...
in 1852, which was approved in 1854. The US District Court upheld the decision on appeal in 1873 (8 years after Agustín Machado's death), and Rancho La Ballona was patented
Land patent
A land patent is a land grant made patent by the sovereign lord over the land in question. To make a such a grant “patent”, such a sovereign lord must document the land grant, securely sign and seal the document and openly publish the same to the public for all to see...
at 13920 acres (56 km²) to the original four claimants.
In 1857, Benjamin D. Wilson received title to one fourth of Rancho La Ballona on foreclosure
Foreclosure
Foreclosure is the legal process by which a mortgage lender , or other lien holder, obtains a termination of a mortgage borrower 's equitable right of redemption, either by court order or by operation of law...
of a loan he had made to Tomas Talamantes in 1854. Wilson sold his undivided fourth of Rancho La Ballona to George A. Sanford and John D. Young, who in 1863 petitioned for a partition of the rancho. A partition decree amongst 23 parcels was issued in 1868. Each parcel got three types of land: "pasture", "irrigable"; and "bay". The largest allotment was to the "Estate of Augustin Machado" and by a later partition in 1875, this allotment was re-divided among the heirs of Augustin.
Machado family
José Manuel Machado (1756 - 1810) married María de la Luz Valenzuela Y Avilas in 1780, and traveled in RiveraFernando Rivera y Moncada
Fernando Javier Rivera y Moncada was a soldier from New Spain who served in the Baja California peninsula and upper Las Californias, participating in several early overland explorations. Fernando Rivera y Moncada served as a Spanish Miilitary Governor from 1774-1777. -Biography:Rivera was born...
's 1781 expedition to Alta California
Alta California
Alta California was a province and territory in the Viceroyalty of New Spain and later a territory and department in independent Mexico. The territory was created in 1769 out of the northern part of the former province of Las Californias, and consisted of the modern American states of California,...
. In 1781, Machado retired to the Pueblo de Los Angeles
Pueblo de Los Angeles
El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles was the Spanish civilian pueblo founded in 1781, which by the 20th century became the American metropolis of Los Angeles....
. Two of his sons, José Agustín Antonio Machado and José Ygnacio Antonio Machado, tried unsuccessfully for some time to get grazing rights on land near the pueblo.
Augustin Machado (1794 - 1865)
Agustín Machado married María Petra Buelna in 1824, but she died while giving birth to their first child, Juan Bautista. In 1827, Machado married Ramona Sepúlveda, the daughter of Francisco Sepulveda, and they had 14 children: María Josefa Delfina, Martina, Vicenta Ferrer Machado (1831 - 1894), José Domingo, José Dolores Machado (1835 - 1906), María Ascencion Machado (1837 - 1912), Susana, José Franciso, Bernardino Machado (1843 - 1911), Candelaria Onofre Machado (1844 - 1907), José Ramón Tomás, Jose Juan Rafael Machado (1846 - 1930), Andres Manuel, and José de la Luz de los Reyes. Abel Stearns sold Rancho La LagunaRancho La Laguna (Manriquez)
Rancho La Laguna was a Mexican land grant in present day Riverside County, California given in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Julian Manriquez. The rancho lands include the present day city of Lake Elsinore. At the time of the US Patent, Rancho Laguna was a part of San Diego County...
to Augustin Machado in 1858.
- Francisco Machado, son of Agustín Machado, served as county supervisor for two terms. He assumed office in 1872 and was re-elected in 1874. Lake Machado in Harbor City was named in his honor.
- Vicenta Machado married Francisco Lugo.
Ygnacio Machado (1797 - 1878)
In 1826, Ygnacio Machado married Estefana Palomares they had 7 children: Luisa, Versabe, María, José, Andres, Francisco and Rafael. Ygnacio Machado was the grantee of Rancho Aguaje de la CentinelaRancho Aguaje de la Centinela
Rancho Aguaje de la Centinela was a Mexican land grant in present day Los Angeles County, California given in 1837 to Ygnacio Machado. The name means "Sentinel of Waters" in Spanish, and probably refers to Centinela Springs...
in 1837. In 1845, Machado traded the rancho to Bruno Avila, brother of Antonio Avila, for a small tract in the Pueblo of Los Angeles.
Felipe Talamantes (1771 - 1856)
Luis Felipe Talamantes was a retired Soldier between 1783-84 when he went with Juan Jose Dominguez to be Majordomo of the Rancho San PedroRancho San Pedro
Rancho San Pedro was one of the first California land grants, and the first to win a patent from the United States. The land grant was validated by the Mexican government at in 1828, and a US patent validating was issued in 1858...
. He went back to Baja, California to get married 1792. Felipe brought his wife Idlefonza Avila and son Tomas back to the Pueblo of Los Angeles in 1794. Felipe and Idlefonza’s children were Tomas, Pablo Antonio, Maria de Los Angeles, Felipe, and Jose Nicodemus.
Tomás Talamantes (1792 - 1873)
Tomas married Maria Petronila Olivas and they had 8 children. Tomas forfeited his fourth interest in Rancho La Ballona in 1854.See also
- Ranchos of CaliforniaRanchos of CaliforniaThe Spanish, and later the Méxican government encouraged settlement of territory now known as California by the establishment of large land grants called ranchos, from which the English ranch is derived. Devoted to raising cattle and sheep, the owners of the ranchos attempted to pattern themselves...
- List of Ranchos of California
People
- Clarence E. CoeClarence E. CoeClarence Elliot Coe , known as Clarence E. Coe, was one of the first settlers and farmers in Palms, California, and a member of the Los Angeles Police Commission from 1929 to 1931 and of the Los Angeles City Council from 1931 to 1933....
, landowner, lima bean farmer and pioneer