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{{Short description|Mexican land grant in California}}
'''Rancho Santa Gertrudes''' was a {{convert|17602|acre|km2|sing=on}} 1834 Mexican land grant. The grant was part of the [[Rancho Los Nietos]] land grant that was divided amongst Nieto's heirs.
[[File:UCLA Library G4363 L.A. Co. ca. 400 HJS 1880 OCLC 24883504.jpg|thumb|1880 map of [[Los Angeles County]] showing Rancho Santa Gertrudes and "Fulton's Sulphur Springs," later known as Santa Fe Springs]]
'''Rancho Santa Gertrudes''' was a {{convert|21298|acre|km2|sing=on}} 1834 [[Ranchos of California|Mexican land grant]], in present-day [[Los Angeles County, California]], resulting from a partition of [[Rancho Los Nietos]]. A former site of [[Nacaugna, California|Nacaugna]], the rancho lands included the present-day cities of [[Downey, California|Downey]], [[Santa Fe Springs, California|Santa Fe Springs]] and the northern part of [[Norwalk, California|Norwalk]].<ref>[http://digarc.usc.edu/assetserver/controller/view/search/CHS-13060 Map of old Spanish and Mexican ranchos in Los Angeles County]</ref><ref>{{gnis|id = 249069|name = Rancho Santa Gertrudes}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
At the request of [[Manuel Nieto]] heirs, governor [[José Figueroa]] in 1834, officially declared the {{convert|167000|acre|km2|sing=on}} [[Rancho Los Nietos]] grant under [[Mexican]] rule and ordered its partition into five smaller ranchos: [[Rancho |Las Bolsas]], [[Rancho Los Alamitos|Los Alamitos]], [[Rancho Los Cerritos|Los Cerritos]], [[Rancho Los Coyotes|Los Coyotes]], and [[Rancho Santa Gertrudes|Santa Gertrudes]].
At the request of [[Manuel Nieto (soldier)|Manuel Nieto]] heirs, governor [[José Figueroa]] in 1834, officially declared the {{convert|167000|acre|km2|sing=on}} [[Rancho Los Nietos]] grant under [[Mexico|Mexican]] rule and ordered its partition into five smaller ranchos: [[Rancho Las Bolsas|Las Bolsas]], [[Rancho Los Alamitos|Los Alamitos]], [[Rancho Los Cerritos|Los Cerritos]], [[Rancho Los Coyotes|Los Coyotes]], and Santa Gertrudes.<ref>[http://www.ocrecorder.com/archives/forms/spanish%20and%20mexican%20ranchos.pdf Spanish and Mexican Ranchos of Orange County] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812214402/http://www.ocrecorder.com/Archives/forms/Spanish%20and%20Mexican%20Ranchos.pdf |date=2007-08-12}}</ref>


Josefa Cota (widow of Antonio Maria Nieto, son of Manuel Nieto) received the Santa Gertrudes grant.<ref>[http://www.ocrecorder.com/archives/forms/spanish%20and%20mexican%20ranchos.pdf Spanish and Mexican Ranchos of Orange County]</ref><ref>[http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb1m3nb064/?order=2&brand=calisphere Plat of the Rancho Santa Gertrudes], showing "Samuel" Carpenter (the brother?) of Lemuel who died in 1859, as the confirmee in 1862. See also: [[Lemuel Carpenter]].</ref>
Josefa Cota (widow of Antonio Maria Nieto, son of Manuel Nieto) received the Rancho Santa Gertrudes grant.<ref>Ogden Hoffman, 1862, ''Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California'', Numa Hubert, San Francisco</ref> [[Lemuel Carpenter]] (1808–1859), who had married Maria de Los Angeles Dominguez, a niece of Josefa Cota, bought the rancho in 1843 from Josefa Cota, his aunt by marriage.<ref>[http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CALOSANG/2001-04/0986744501 Lemuel Carpenter]</ref>


With the [[Mexican Cession|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, a claim for part of Rancho Santa Gertrudes was filed by Lemuel Carpenter with the [[Public Land Commission]] in 1852.<ref>[http://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/268898 United States. District Court (California : Southern District) Land Case 194 SD]</ref><ref>[http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/hb109nb422/ Finding Aid to the Documents Pertaining to the Adjudication of Private Land Claims in California, circa 1852-1892]</ref><ref>[http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb1m3nb064/?order=2&brand=calisphere Plat of the Rancho Santa Gertrudes] "Samuel" Carpenter, claimant</ref> Carpenter, who was deeply in debt to [[John G. Downey]], killed himself in 1859. In 1859 the rancho was sold at a sheriff's auction to Downey and James P. McFarland. {{convert|17602|acre|km2|1}} of the grant was [[Land patent|patented]] to McFarland and Downey in 1870.<ref>[http://www.slc.ca.gov/Misc_Pages/Historical/Surveyors_General/reports/Willey_1884_1886.pdf Report of the Surveyor General 1844 - 1886] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504094306/http://www.slc.ca.gov/Misc_Pages/Historical/Surveyors_General/reports/Willey_1884_1886.pdf |date=2009-05-04}}</ref>
The rancho was owned by [[Lemuel Carpenter]] until 1859.<ref>[http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CALOSANG/2001-04/0986744501 Lemuel Carpenter]</ref> In 1859 the rancho was sold at a sheriff's auction to [[John G. Downey]] and James P. McFarland. Subsequently through a series of lawsuits, Samuel Carpenter, believed to be the the brother of [[Lemuel Carpenter]] who died in 1859, took legal possession in 1862.


A claim for part of Rancho Santa Gertrudes was filed by Thomas Sanchez Colima with the Public Land Commission in 1852,<ref>[http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb7000072m/?layout=metadata&brand=oac Diseño del Rancho Santa Gertrudes] Tomas Sanchez Colima, claimant</ref><ref>[http://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/267613 United States. District Court (California : Southern District) Land Case 272 SD]</ref> and {{convert|3696|acre|km2|1}} of the grant was patented to Thomas Sanchez Colima in 1877.<ref>[http://www.slc.ca.gov/Misc_Pages/Historical/Surveyors_General/reports/Willey_1884_1886.pdf Report of the Surveyor General 1844 - 1886] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504094306/http://www.slc.ca.gov/Misc_Pages/Historical/Surveyors_General/reports/Willey_1884_1886.pdf |date=2009-05-04}}</ref> Another claim was filed by Concepción Nieto, but was rejected.<ref>[http://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/267539 United States. District Court (California : Southern District) Land Case 193 SD]</ref>
==Modern development of the Rancho==

The rancho lands included the present day cities of [[Downey, California|Downey]] and [[Santa Fe Springs, California|Santa Fe Springs]].<ref>[http://digarc.usc.edu/assetserver/controller/view/search/CHS-13060 Map of old Spanish and Mexican ranchos in Los Angeles County]</ref>
The southern border between Ranchos Santa Gertrudes and Los Coyotes exists today as Leffingwell Road. The street Santa Gertrudes Avenue, which runs from [[California county routes in zone N#N8|Los Angeles County Route N8]] to [[California State Route 72]], is named after the rancho.


==Historic sites of the Rancho==
==Historic sites of the Rancho==
*Hathaway Ranch Museum<ref>[http://www.hathaworld.com/hrm/index.html Hathaway Ranch Museum]</ref>
*[[Hathaway Ranch Museum]]<ref>[http://www.hathaworld.com/hrm/index.html Hathaway Ranch Museum]</ref>
*Historical Railroad Exhibit
*Historical Railroad Exhibit


==See also==
==See also==
*{{C|Ranchos of Los Angeles County, California}}
*[[List of Ranchos of California]]
*[[Ranchos of California]]
*[[Ranchos of California]]


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==References==
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==External links==
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Latest revision as of 22:02, 10 January 2025

1880 map of Los Angeles County showing Rancho Santa Gertrudes and "Fulton's Sulphur Springs," later known as Santa Fe Springs

Rancho Santa Gertrudes was a 21,298-acre (86.19 km2) 1834 Mexican land grant, in present-day Los Angeles County, California, resulting from a partition of Rancho Los Nietos. A former site of Nacaugna, the rancho lands included the present-day cities of Downey, Santa Fe Springs and the northern part of Norwalk.[1][2]

History

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At the request of Manuel Nieto heirs, governor José Figueroa in 1834, officially declared the 167,000-acre (680 km2) Rancho Los Nietos grant under Mexican rule and ordered its partition into five smaller ranchos: Las Bolsas, Los Alamitos, Los Cerritos, Los Coyotes, and Santa Gertrudes.[3]

Josefa Cota (widow of Antonio Maria Nieto, son of Manuel Nieto) received the Rancho Santa Gertrudes grant.[4] Lemuel Carpenter (1808–1859), who had married Maria de Los Angeles Dominguez, a niece of Josefa Cota, bought the rancho in 1843 from Josefa Cota, his aunt by marriage.[5]

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, a claim for part of Rancho Santa Gertrudes was filed by Lemuel Carpenter with the Public Land Commission in 1852.[6][7][8] Carpenter, who was deeply in debt to John G. Downey, killed himself in 1859. In 1859 the rancho was sold at a sheriff's auction to Downey and James P. McFarland. 17,602 acres (71.2 km2) of the grant was patented to McFarland and Downey in 1870.[9]

A claim for part of Rancho Santa Gertrudes was filed by Thomas Sanchez Colima with the Public Land Commission in 1852,[10][11] and 3,696 acres (15.0 km2) of the grant was patented to Thomas Sanchez Colima in 1877.[12] Another claim was filed by Concepción Nieto, but was rejected.[13]

The southern border between Ranchos Santa Gertrudes and Los Coyotes exists today as Leffingwell Road. The street Santa Gertrudes Avenue, which runs from Los Angeles County Route N8 to California State Route 72, is named after the rancho.

Historic sites of the Rancho

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Map of old Spanish and Mexican ranchos in Los Angeles County
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rancho Santa Gertrudes
  3. ^ Spanish and Mexican Ranchos of Orange County Archived 2007-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Ogden Hoffman, 1862, Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Numa Hubert, San Francisco
  5. ^ Lemuel Carpenter
  6. ^ United States. District Court (California : Southern District) Land Case 194 SD
  7. ^ Finding Aid to the Documents Pertaining to the Adjudication of Private Land Claims in California, circa 1852-1892
  8. ^ Plat of the Rancho Santa Gertrudes "Samuel" Carpenter, claimant
  9. ^ Report of the Surveyor General 1844 - 1886 Archived 2009-05-04 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Diseño del Rancho Santa Gertrudes Tomas Sanchez Colima, claimant
  11. ^ United States. District Court (California : Southern District) Land Case 272 SD
  12. ^ Report of the Surveyor General 1844 - 1886 Archived 2009-05-04 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ United States. District Court (California : Southern District) Land Case 193 SD
  14. ^ Hathaway Ranch Museum

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