Rancho Cañada de Guadalupe la Visitación y Rodeo Viejo (also called Ridley's Rancho) was a

Mexican land grant The Spanish and Mexican governments made many concessions and land grants in Alta California (now known as California) and Baja California from 1775 to 1846. The Spanish Concessions of land were made to retired soldiers as an inducement for ...

in present-day

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and

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given in 1841 by Governor Juan Alvarado to

Jacob P. Leese Jacob Primer Leese (August 19, 1809 – February 1, 1892), known in Spanish as Don Jacobo Leese, was an Ohio-born Californian ranchero, entrepreneur, and public servant. He was an early resident of San Francisco and married into the family of pr ...

. The rancho included three separate valleys: Cañada de Guadalupe, La Visitacion, and Rodeo Viejo. Rancho contained most of the present-day

San Bruno Mountain San Bruno Mountain is horst fault block mountain located in northern San Mateo County, California; with some northern slopes crossing over into southern San Francisco, it is also surrounded by San Francisco Bay and the cities of Brisbane, Colma ...

, the city of

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, Guadalupe Valley, and

Visitacion Valley Visitacion Valley (; Spanish: ''Valle de la Visitación''), colloquially referred to as Viz Valley, is a neighborhood located in the southeastern quadrant of San Francisco, California. Visitacion Valley is roughly defined by McLaren Park and Glen ...

History

Jacob Primer Leese (1809–1892), a trader from Ohio married María Rosalia Vallejo sister of General

Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo Don Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo (4 July 1807 – 18 January 1890) was a Californio general, statesman, and public figure. He was born a subject of Spain, performed his military duties as an officer of the Republic of Mexico, and shaped the trans ...

in 1837. Lesse, who first came to California in 1833, took possession of the land grant entitled Rancho Cañada de Guadalupe la Visitacion y Rodeo Viejo in 1838, three years before he received the official title to the land. Around the year 1843, Lesse traded his two league grant to Robert T. Ridley (1818-1851) for the three league

Rancho Collayomi Rancho Collayomi (also called Rancho Callayomi) was a Mexican land grant in present-day Lake County, California given in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Robert T. Ridley. Rancho Collayomi was one of three land grants (along with Ranc ...

in Lake County. Ridley was an English sailor who was captain of the

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, and had married Presentación Briones. Ridley never lived on the property nor developed it to any extent. Ridley died in 1851 and the land was sold at a sheriff's auction with going to Robert E. Eaton and the rest to Alfred Wheeler. Alfred Wheeler (1822–1903) was a prominent San Francisco land title lawyer. In 1865 Henry R. Payson acquired which was soon subdivided, with the Visitacion Land Company acquiring the largest portion. In 1865, of the grant were patented to Henry R. Payson and of the grant were patented to William Pierce. Claims by Presentación Ridley were dismissed. Central Pacific railroad magnate and banker

Charles Crocker Charles Crocker (September 16, 1822 – August 14, 1888) was an American railroad executive who was one of the founders of the Central Pacific Railroad, which constructed the westernmost portion of the first transcontinental railroad, and took ...

acquired of the Rancho in 1884 and another the following year. Crocker died in 1888 and the land became an asset of the Crocker Land Co. and then the Foremost McKesson Co.San Bruno Mountain
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