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Rancho Jurupa was a
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in
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, United States, that is divided by the present-day counties of
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and
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. The land was granted to
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by Governor
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in 1838. Located along both banks of the
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in southern California, the rancho included much of the land in the present day city of
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, as well as the downtown area in the city of
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.


History

"Seven leagues of grazing land: a little more," is how the "then almost worthless, but now invaluable," tract known as Jurupa Ranch came into being on September 28, 1838, through a grant made from Juan B. Alvarado (then Governor of California) to Juan Bandini (1800–1859). Riverside historians, have proposed that the original seven square league (approximately ) Rancho Jurupa land grant was significantly smaller than the area eventually recognized by the United States. They argue that Pachappa hill, the southeast marker of the Rancho Jurupa, was originally the name of another hill, today known as
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, and that one of the early owners of Rancho Jurupa reassigned the name Pachappa to the current day Pachappa Hill in order to expand the property of the Rancho.


Rancho Jurupa (Stearns)

In 1841 Abel Stearns (1798–1871) married Bandini's daughter
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. 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, Juan Bandini filed a claim for the major portion of the grant in 1852, and was confirmed by the US District Court in 1855. In 1857 Juan Bandini sold this portion of the grant to his son-in-law, Abel Stearns. Stearns received a US
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for this portion of the original Rancho Jurupa grant in 1879.


Rancho Jurupa (Rubidoux)

In 1843, Bandini sold approximately 1½ square leagues (6,750 acres)of the original Rancho Jurupa grant to Benjamin Wilson. A year later, Wilson sold this property to Isaac Williams, grantee of
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, and James Johnson. Williams and Johnson then sold the property to Louis Robidoux (1796–1868), in 1849, and it eventually became known as the Robidoux ranch. Robidoux (generally spelled "Rubidoux" in the Riverside area) had previously bought
Rancho San Jacinto y San Gorgonio Rancho San Jacinto y San Gorgonio (also called Rancho San Timoteo and Rancho Yucaipa) was a Mexican land grant in present day Riverside County, California given in 1843 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to James (Santiago) Johnson.Ogden Hoffman, 1 ...
from James (Santiago) Johnson in 1845. After California was ceded to the United States, a claim for Rancho Jurupa was filed by Louis Robidoux with the
Public Land Commission The California Land Act of 1851 (), enacted following the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the admission of California as a state in 1850, established a three-member Public Land Commission to determine the validity of prior Spanish and Mexican la ...
in 1852, and Robidoux received a US patent for this portion of Rancho Jurupa in 1876. Report of the Surveyor General 1844–1886
In November 1869, the
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was formed for the purpose of growing
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s, and
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trees,
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fruits, and grapes; it purchased over of the Rubidoux Rancho for its enterprise.


References


Further reading

* – for information on the Rancho Jurupa Park


External links


Map of Rancho Jurupa
at
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