Rancho Tecate, or Rancho Cañada de Tecate was a land grant made to

Juan Bandini Juan Bandini (1800 – November 4, 1859) was a Peruvian-born Californio public figure, politician, and ranchero. He is best known for his role in the development of San Diego in the mid-19th century. Early history Bandini was born in 1800 in Lima ...

in 1829, by the Mexican governor of

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José María de Echeandía José María de Echeandía (?–1871) was twice Mexican governor of Alta California from 1825 to 1831 and again from 1832 to 1833. He was the only governor of California that lived in San Diego.José Bandini, in a note to Governor Echeandía or t ...

. He granted 4,439 acres (18 km2) of land in the valley of

Tecate Tecate () is a city in Tecate Municipality, Baja California. It is across the Mexico-US border from Tecate, California. As of 2019, the city had a population of 108,860 inhabitants, while the metropolitan area has a population of 132,406 inha ...

. A grant to Juan Bandini is recorded as being completed for Rancho Cañada de Tecate on July 12, 1834, under governor

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. The Rancho Tecate the most remote in a series of ranchos located eastward from San Diego along the trail established between

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and Alta California, that crossed the Colorado River south of modern Algodones, in 1828. This trail passed through Ranchos

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, San Isidro Ajajolojol and finally Tecate. In 1836, the mountain dwelling

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with some aid from some former mission neophytes, raided and plundered the rancho. They besieged the ranch house and due to the house being built on an elevation, the men within managed to hold out until it was relieved by a force from San Diego. With his stock and horses stolen and the house burned, Bandini like owners of other ranchos near San Diego had to abandon the isolated rancho, into the 1840s. Due to the continuing hostilities with the Kumeyaay, Bandini never returned, being compensated with

Rancho Jurupa Rancho Jurupa was a Mexican land grant in California, United States, that is divided by the present-day counties of Riverside and San Bernardino. The land was granted to Juan Bandini by Governor Juan B. Alvarado in 1838. Located along both ba ...

, in 1838.Jurupa grant (Riverside and San Bernardino counties, Calif.): Juan Bandini, claimant: case no. 213, Southern District, 1838-1879
from cdlib.org accessed May 21, 2014

References

Tecate Municipality

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