Rancho Ex-Mission la Purísima (also called Rancho Purísima) was a Mexican land grant in present-day

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given in 1845 by Governor

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to Jonathan Temple. The rancho derives its name from the

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Mission La Purísima, but was called ex-Mission because of a division made of the lands held in the name of the Mission— the church retaining the grounds immediately around, and all of the lands outside of this are called ex-Mission lands. The grant was north of the Santa Ynez River and present-day

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and encompasses present-day Vandenberg Village. The grant was defined by the boundaries of the earlier surrounding grants, viz: Rancho Mission Vieja de la Purisma,

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, Rancho Los Álamos, and Rancho Santa Rita.

History

Following the secularization of Mission La Purísima in 1834, the padres moved to

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. The abandoned mission was sold in 1845 by Pío Pico to Jonathan Temple for $1,100. In 1850, Temple sold the property to José Ramón Malo (1812-1859) for $1,500. Malo was the grantee of the adjoining Rancho Santa Rita. 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 Ex-Mission la Purísima was filed with the

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in 1852, and the grant was

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to José Ramón Malo in 1882. In 1870 Jesse Hill and D.W and A.P Jones, purchased an interest in Rancho Santa Rita and Rancho Ex-Mission la Purísima. Christy & Wise, wool merchants of San Francisco, also owned an interest.Jesse D Mason, 1883, ''History of Santa Barbara County, California'', Thompson & West

Historic sites of the Rancho

* La Purísima Mission State Historic Park * Rancho Mission Vieja de la Purisma

References

External links

Ranchos of Santa Barbara County Map
{{Santa Barbara County, California Ex-Mission la Purisima Spanish missions in California Ex-Mission la Purisima

History

Historic sites of the Rancho

See also

References

External links