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Rancho San Justo was a

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in present-day

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given in 1839 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 ...

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. The lands of the rancho include current day Hollister.

History

General José Castro was granted Rancho San Justo, one of three ranches attached to

Mission San Juan Bautista Mission San Juan Bautista is a Spanish mission in San Juan Bautista, San Benito County, California. Founded on June 24, 1797 by Fermín Lasuén of the Franciscan order, the mission was the fifteenth of the Spanish missions established in presen ...

, by the

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government. José Castro was the son of José Tiburcio Castro, administrator of the secularized Mission San Juan Bautista, and grantee of

Rancho Sausal Rancho Sausal was a Mexican land grant in the Salinas Valley, in present-day Monterey County, California, given in 1834 by Governor José Figueroa to José Tibúrcio Castro. An additional grant was made by Governor Pío Pico in 1845. The name i ...

. Francisco Pérez Pacheco, grantee of

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in 1833, bought the rancho from Castro in 1850. 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 San Justo was filed with the

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in 1852, and the grant was

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to Francisco Pérez Pachecoo in 1859. In 1855

Flint, Bixby & Co The Bixby land companies were a group of California-based land companies founded by various members of the Bixby and Flint families from Maine. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the firms of Flint, Bixby & Company, J. Bixby & Company, J. W ...

bought the Rancho San Justo from Francisco Pérez Pacheco with the understanding that

William Welles Hollister William Welles Hollister (1818–1886) was a native of Ohio who came west in the 1850s and became a wealthy rancher and entrepreneur in California. Biography Ancestors and early life William Welles Hollister, was born on Jan. 12, 1818 near Ha ...

would buy a one-half interest in the ranch in 1857. Rancho San Justo was held in joint custody for three years, until the property was divided in 1861. Thomas Flint and Hollister dissolved their partnership, with Flint taking all the land east of the San Benito River, and Hollister the land west of the river. Later, Hollister and Flint traded holdings, with Hollister taking the land east of the

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, and Flint taking the land lying to the west, including the San Juan Valley. In 1868, Colonel Hollister sold his of the Rancho San Justo to the San Justo Homestead Association.

Historic sites of the Rancho

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. Built in 1840 in San Juan Bautista is now a

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. *St. Francis Retreat.History of St. Francis Retreat San Justo Rancho

References

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History

Historic sites of the Rancho

See also

References