Don Juan Salvio Pacheco II (1793-1876) was a

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ranchero and soldier. He founded the city of

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, then known as Todos Santos.Concord Historical Society - Don Salvio Pacheco
/ref> Pacheco also served three terms as

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(mayor of San Jose).

Biography

Pacheco was born in 1793 in

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, to Ygnacio Bernardino Pacheco and María Carmen del Valle. He was named after his grandfather, Juan Salvio Pacheco I, who came to California as part of the

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of 1776. He enlisted at 17 years old, serving at the

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and then the

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. He married María Juana Flores in 1827. They had eight children together. In 1834, Pacheco was granted

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, a vast estate in Contra Costa.California Office of Historic Preservation - Don Salvio Pacheco Adobe
/ref> In 1869, Pacheco founded the town of Todos Santos (today known as

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). He built the Salvio Pacheco Adobe there.

Legacy

The city of

was founded by Pacheco in 1869, originally named Todos Santos. There are numerous locations named after Pacheco and his life across Concord, including the Salvio Pacheco Adobe, Plaza de Salvio Pacheco, and Plaza de Todos Santos. The town of

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is named after him. Pacheco's eldest son built the Fernando Pacheco Adobe in Concord. In 2018, a statue of Pacheco was inaugurated in Concord's Plaza de Todos Santos.East Bay Times - Concord's 150th Birthday Includes Statue for City Founder Don Salvio Pacheco
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References

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