Rancho Las Salinas also called El Tucho was a four-square-league () Spanish land concession in the

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, in present day

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. It was given in 1795 to Antonio Aceves and Antonio Romero. A Mexican land grant was made to Gabriel Espinosa by Mexican governor

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in 1839. The grant extended along the Salinas River from present day Marina to Salinas.

History

Antonio Quiterio Aceves and Antonio Romero received a four-square-league concession on the Salinas River in 1795, the first such land concession in the Monterey Bay area. However, the grant was abandoned. Subsequently, a one square league Mexican grant was made to Gabriel Espinosa in 1839. Today's Espinosa Road and Espinosa Lake were named for the Espinosa family. With the

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of California to the United States following the Mexican-American War, 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 Las Salinas was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1853, and the grant was

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to Lucinda E. Pogue and the heirs of Gabriel Espinosa in 1867. Pogue received an undivided two-sevenths of the grant and each of the five children of Espinosa received one-seventh. Report of the Surveyor General 1844 - 1886

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