Rancho Cuyama (No. 1) was a

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in present-day eastern

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given in 1843 by Governor

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to José María Rojo. The grant extended along

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in the

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, near Cuyama and

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. There were two Mexican land grants made in the lower Cuyama Valley: on the north Rancho Cuyama (No. 1) granted in 1843, and to the south Rancho Cuyama (No. 2) granted in 1846.

History

José María Rojo was granted the five square league Rancho Cuyama in 1843. After Rojo died, Rancho Cuyama (No. 1) was sold in 1847 to Cesario Lataillade. 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

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and

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. 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 Cuyama 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 1877. Report of the Surveyor General 1844 - 1886

References

External links

Ranchos of Santa Barbara County Map
{{Santa Barbara County, California Cuyama (Rojo) Cuyama (Rojo) Cuyama Valley Cuyama

History

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