Rancho de las Pulgas

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Rancho de las Pulgas is a 35,240-acre (142.6Ã, km ² ) 1795 Spanish land grant in the San Mateo County, California area now to JosÃÆ'Â © DarÃÆ'o ArgÃÆ'¼ello. The literal translation is "Flea Farm", which may be named from the local Lamchin villages. The grant was limited by San Mateo Creek in the north and San Francisquito Creek to the south, and extended about one league from San Francisco Bay to the hills. This grant covers San Mateo, Belmont, San Carlos, Redwood City, Atherton and Menlo Park at the moment.

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History

In 1795, the Spanish Governor of California, Diego de Borica, made a provisional grant from Las Pulgas to JosÃÆ'Â © DarÃÆ'o ArgÃÆ'¼ello. Brothers Luis Antonio ArgÃÆ'¼ello (1784-1830), Santiago ArgÃÆ'¼ello (1791-1862) and Gervasio ArgÃÆ'¼ello were the sons of JosÃÆ'Â © DarÃÆ'o ArgÃÆ'¼ello (1753-1828). In 1835, Mexican Governor JosÃÆ'Ã… © Castro awarded four square leagues Rancho de las Pulgas to the widow, Maria Soledad Ortega de ArgÃÆ'¼ello (1797-1874), and the heir of Luis Antonio ArgÃÆ'¼ello.

With California's endorsement to the United States after the Mexican-American War, the 1848 Agreement Guadalupe Hidalgo determined that the land grant would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, claims to Rancho de las Pulgas for twelve square leagues were filed in 1852 with the Public Land Commission by the heirs of Luis Antonio ArgÃÆ'¼ello. The Land Commission dismissed claims for twelve square leagues, but confirmed claims for four square leagues, which had been confirmed by the District Court, and confirmed by the US Supreme Court. The claim filed by Gervasio ArgÃÆ'¼ello with the Land Commission in 1852 was rejected. The claim filed by Mowry W. Smith with the Land Commission in 1853 was rejected.

In 1857, after the official survey of 1856, the grant was patented to Maria Soledad Ortega de ArgÃÆ'¼ello (one and a half undivided), Jose Ramon ArgÃÆ'¼ello (one undivided), Luis Antonio ArgÃÆ'¼ello (undivided) and SM Mezes (three undivided twenty). Simon Monserrat Mezes (died 1884) is an ArgÃÆ'¼ello family lawyer who handles the land patent process. The original grant is described as "being as far away as four leagues long and one league in its width, approximately". The patent is for 35,240 hectares (142.6 km ² ) - almost double the size of the original grant, and contrary to the language of the US Supreme Court ruling. Although both Rancho de las Pulgas and Rancho CaÃÆ' Â ± there de Raymundo has been patented by the US Government, the boundaries of these two grants are now overlapping, a matter which necessitated the Congressional Act in 1878 to resolve it.

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Alameda de las Pulgas

Alameda de las Pulgas is a nearly 10-mile modern road, connecting all contemporary cities with original funds, from San Mateo to Menlo Park. This area consists of suburban housing and small business districts along the Alameda de las Pulgas, often simply referred to as "Alameda" (literally, "Avenue of the Fleas": in Spanish "alameda" means tree or road rows marching with trees and the word "pulgas" means ticks, which extend the length of the Rancho de las Pulgas land grant.

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References

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External links

• DiseÃÆ' Â ± o del Rancho de las Pulgas at The Bancroft Library
• DiseÃÆ' Â ± o del Rancho de las Pulgas at The Bancroft Library

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