Rancho San Julian was a

Mexican land grant The Spanish and Mexican governments made many concessions and land grants in Alta California (now known as California) and Baja California from 1775 to 1846. The Spanish Concessions of land were made to retired soldiers as an inducement for ...

and present-day ranch in present-day Santa Barbara County, California given in 1837 by Governor

Juan B. Alvarado Juan Bautista Valentín Alvarado y Vallejo (February 14, 1809 – July 13, 1882) was a Californio politician that served as Governor of Alta California from 1837-42. Prior to his term as governor, Alvarado briefly led a movement for independen ...

José de la Guerra y Noriega José Antonio de la Guerra y Noriega (March 6, 1779 – February 18, 1858) was a Californio military officer, ranchero, and founder of the prominent Guerra family of California. He served as the Commandant of the Presidio of Santa Barbara and the ...

. The grant name probably refers to José Antonio Julian de la Guerra. The grant was located west of present-day Santa Barbara.

History

Known as the Rancho del Rey (Ranch of the King) under Spain, this land west of the

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served since 1816 as a presidial cattle grazing ground. The ranch was renamed Rancho Nacional by the Mexican authorities. In 1837, the six square league Rancho San Julian land grant was made by Governor

Juan Bautista Alvarado Juan Bautista Valentín Alvarado y Vallejo (February 14, 1809 – July 13, 1882) was a Californio politician that served as Governor of Alta California from 1837-42. Prior to his term as governor, Alvarado briefly led a movement for independe ...

to George Rock acting for José de la Guerra. The claim was later purchased, and the title perfected by de la Guerra. José de la Guerra (1779 – 1858) was Comandante of the Presidio of Santa Barbara from 1827 to 1842. With the

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of Alta 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 San Julian was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1852, and the grant was

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to José de la Guerra in 1873. The official survey was about double the area of the six square league grant. Report of the Surveyor General 1844 - 1886
De la Guerra died in 1858. Severe drought and financial burdens forced the de la Guerra family to mortgage the property to Gaspar Oreña (1824–1904). In 1854, Gaspar Oreña had married his cousin, Antonia María de la Guerra, youngest daughter of José de la Guerra, after her husband Cesario Armand Lataillade (1819–1849) died. Oreña acquired

Rancho La Espada Rancho Punta de la Concepcion was a Mexican land grant in the northern Santa Ynez Mountains, in present day Santa Barbara County, California. It was granted by Governor Juan Alvarado in 1837, to Anastacio Carrillo. The grant extended along the P ...

and Rancho San Julian from the de la Guerras in 1864, as partial payment for money owed him by the de la Guerra siblings. He held on to them until 1867 when he sold them both to the Dibblee-Hollister partnership. Albert Dibblee (1816-1895), born Pine Plains, Dutchess County, New York came to California in 1848. In 1858 Dibblee bought

Rancho Santa Anita Rancho Santa Anita was a land grant in present-day Los Angeles County, California given to naturalized Scottish immigrant Hugo Reid and his Kizh people wife. Reid built an adobe residence there in 1839, and the land grant was formally recognized ...

, and in 1860 his brother, Thomas Bloodgood Dibblee (1823-1895), came from New York to join him. Albert Dibblee and Thomas Dibblee formed a partnership with Colonel W.W. Hollister (1818 - 1886) and bought several land grants in the Santa Barbara area, including Rancho San Julian. In 1868, Thomas Dibblee moved to Santa Barbara and married José de la Guerra's granddaughter, Francesca de la Guerra (1849-). Francesca was the daughter of Josefa Moreno and

Pablo de la Guerra Pablo de la Guerra (29 November 1819 – 5 February 1874) was a Californio politician, judge, and signer of the Californian Constitution in 1849. He served as acting Lieutenant Governor of California and as a member of the California Senate ...

, who was the son of José de la Guerra. Thomas Dibblee's grandson, Thomas Wilson Dibblee, Jr., was a notable geologist.

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Ranchos of Santa Barbara County Map
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