Rancho Tía Juana, or Ti Juan was a land grant made to

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on March 4, 1829, by Governor

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. It covered 26,019.53 acres in what is now

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in the

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and parts of

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and the

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. "The Rancho Tía Juana (Tijuana) Grant" by Antonio Padilla Corona, ''The Journal of San Diego History'' Vol.50, (Winter/Spring 2004)
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Background

The property of Rancho Tía Juana was bounded on the south by the 11 league

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, granted by José María de Echeandía in 1827 to Don

José Manuel Machado José Manuel Machado (1781 - 1852) was a Spanish soldier, ranchero, early citizen and regiador on the ayuntamiento of the pueblo of San Diego. José Manuel Machado was born in 1781, but details of his life before joining the Spanish army are unk ...

, one of the first soldiers stationed at the Presidio of San Diego. Rosemary Masterson, The Machado-Silvas Family, The Journal of San Diego History, SAN DIEGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY, Winter 1969, Volume 15, Number 1, Rita Larkin, Editor.
/ref> The original ranch house was located just south of the Mexican Border near where current border crossing is today. The name Tijuan derived from the name of a native

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settlement in the vicinity.

References

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