Rancho Laguna de San Antonio was a

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in present-day

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and

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given in 1845 by Governor

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to Bartolomé Bojorquez. The grant encompassed Chileno Creek and Laguna Lake.

History

Bartolomé Bojórquez (1780–1863) was the son of Pedro Antonio Bojorques, who came to California with the De Anza Expedition. In 1803, Bartolomé married Maria Nicolasa Linares (1784–1869) and they had 7 children (2 male and 5 female). Bojorquez, a soldier serving at the

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, was granted the six-square-league Rancho Laguna de San Antonio in 1845. With the cession 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 Laguna de San Antonio was filed with the

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in 1852, and the grant was patented to Bartolomé Bojorquez in 1871. In 1851, Bojorquez gave a one-ninth undivided interest in the rancho to each of his seven children, and one each for himself and his wife. The Bojorques lost their property due to foreclosure of loans against the property.Roger Rehm, 1989, ''The Bojorques of Alta California and the land grant of Rancho Laguna de San Antonio''

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1845 establishments in Alta California

History

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