José Calistro ( – 1875) was the last chief of the
Coast Miwok community who resided at
Rancho Nicasio Rancho Nicasio was a Mexican land grant of granted to the Coast Miwok indigenous people in 1835, located in the present-day Marin County, California, a tract of land that stretched from San Geronimo to Tomales Bay. Today, Nicasio, California is ...
, which was once a Native American rancho that stretched from present-day
Nicasio, California to
Tomales Bay.
In 1870, he secured the deed to of land at
Halleck Creek, what was left of the original Rancho, for his community of 500 people to live.
[Miller, 106th Congress Report]
Notes
References
*1870 United States Federal Census, Marin County, California.
* Miller, George. 2000. ''Additional Views'', 106th Congress Report: House of Representatives, 2d Session, 106–677, Graton Rancheria Restoration Ac
* Munro-Fraser, J.P. ''History of Marin County, California''. Alley, Bowen, 188
* Papina, Anne M. 2008. ''Nicasio'' (Arcadia Publishing, 2008
1830s births
1875 deaths
Native American leaders
People from Marin County, California
Coast Miwok people
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