Rancho Corral de Cuati (also known as Rancho Corral de Quati) was a

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in present-day Santa Barbara County, California given in 1845 by Governor

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to Agustín Dávila. The grant was located along Alamo Pintado Creek, north of present-day Los Olivos. The grant is surrounded by Rancho La Laguna.

History

Agustín Dávila (1805–1848) was a painter who came to California in 1834 with the Híjar-Padrés Colony. Dávila painted the facade, nave walls, and the ceiling above the sanctuary of the

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. He married María de Jesús Félix (1823 –) in 1836. He was granted the three square league Rancho Corral de Cuati in 1845. In a confrontation at Rancho Tinaquaic in 1848, Dávila was killed by Benjamin Foxen. Cesario Lataillade acquired Rancho Corral de Cuati. Cesario Armand Lataillade (1819–1849) was a French trader involved in the hide and tallow trade who came to Santa Barbara in 1841. He married Antonia María de la Guerra (1827–), the fourth and youngest daughter of

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, in 1845. Lataillade was granted Rancho Cuyama (No. 2), and acquired Rancho Cuyama (No. 1) and Rancho La Zaca . Lataillade was killed in an accident in 1849, and the properties inherited by his widow and their two children, Maria Antonia Lataillade (1846–1916) and Cesario Eugene Lataillade (1849–). With the

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of California to the United States following the

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, the 1848

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provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho Corral de Cuati was filed with the

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in 1852, and the grant was

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to María Antonia de la Guerra y Lataillade in 1876. Report of the Surveyor General 1844 - 1886

References

External links

Ranchos of Santa Barbara County Map
{{California history Corral de Cuati Corral de Cuati

History

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