Rancho Orestimba y Las Garzas (Meetingplace and the Herons) was a
Mexican land grant in present-day
Stanislaus County
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and
Merced County, California
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As of the 2020 census, the population was 281,202. The county seat is Merced. The county is named after ...
given in 1844 by Governor
Manuel Micheltorena to Sebastián Núñez. The grant was originally in a part of
Tuolumne County
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Tuolumne County comprises th ...
that became part of Stanislaus County in 1854. The grant was located west of the
San Joaquin River
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and south of
Rancho Del Puerto, and encompassed present-day
Newman
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* Abram Newman (1736–1799), British grocer
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.
Arroyo Orestimba lay across the northern section of the Rancho Orestimba with
Arroyo de las Garzas across the southern end of the Rancho.
History
In 1840 Sebastián Núñez married María Jacinta Pacheco (1813–), daughter of Francisco Pacheco, grantee of
Rancho Ausaymas y San Felipe
Rancho Ausaymas y San Felipe was a Mexican land grant in present-day San Benito County and Santa Clara County, California a consists of two square leagues (San Felipe) given in 1833 by Governor José Figueroa and two square leagues (Ausaymas) giv ...
and
Rancho San Justo
Rancho San Justo was a Mexican land grant in present-day San Benito County, California given in 1839 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to José Antonio Castro. The lands of the rancho include current day Hollister.
History
General José Castro ...
. Núñez was granted the six square league Rancho Orestimba in 1844. The ranch house of Rancho Orestimba y las Garzas, was built above the sycamore grove on Arroyo de Orestimba.
With the
cession
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of California to the United States following the
Mexican–American War
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, the 1848
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho Orestimba was filed with the
Public Land Commission
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in 1852, and the grant was
patented
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to Sebastián Núñez in 1863.
Report of the Surveyor General 1844 - 1886
See also
* Hill's Ferry (est.1850) – a ferry
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across the San Joaquin River
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on the rancho, at the eastern border just north of the Merced River
The Merced River (), in the central part of the U.S. state of California, is a -long tributary of the San Joaquin River flowing from the Sierra Nevada into the San Joaquin Valley. It is most well known for its swift and steep course through ...
confluence.
References
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