Rancho El Rosario, subsequently renamed Rancho Rosarito, was a land grant made to

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, one of the first soldiers stationed at the

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. Rosemary Masterson, The Machado-Silvas Family, The Journal of San Diego History, SAN DIEGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY, Winter 1969, Volume 15, Number 1, Rita Larkin, Editor.
/ref> The grant was made in 1827, by Governor

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. It covered 11 leagues or 19,311 hectares in what is now Rosarito Beach Municipality of

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, including the city of

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and other towns and localities in the municipality. "The Rancho Tía Juana (Tijuana) Grant" by Antonio Padilla Corona, ''The Journal of San Diego History'' 50 (Winter/Spring 2004)
/ref> The property of Rancho El Rosario was bounded on the north by the

Rancho Tía Juana Rancho Tía Juana, or Ti Juan was a land grant made to Santiago Arguello on March 4, 1829, by Governor José María de Echeandía. It covered 26,019.53 acres in what is now Tijuana in the Tijuana Municipality of Baja California, Mexico and part ...

and in the mountains to the northeast by the

Rancho Cueros de Venado Rancho Cueros de Venado ("Hides of Deer") was an 1835 land grant in the vicinity of the Pueblo of San Diego of Alta California, and whose site is in present-day Tijuana in Baja California, Mexico. An ''expediente'' was submitted on August 29, 183 ...

. The remaining ranch house, built in 1840, is located near the location of the

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south of Rosarito Beach. RESUMEN HISTORICO Playas de Rosarito, Baja California, México Fundada el 14 de Mayo de 1885
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References

El Rosario El Rosario Rosarito 1827 establishments in Alta California 1827 establishments in Mexico {{Mexico-hist-stub