| Rancho Paraje de Sanchez | |
| Settlement Type: | Mexican land grant |
| Pushpin Map: | California#USA |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in California |
| Pushpin Image: | California Locator Map with US.PNG |
| Coordinates: | 36.47°N -121.46°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | California |
| Subdivision Name2: | Monterey County, USA |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Established Date: | 1839 |
Rancho Paraje de Sanchez (also called "Rancho Punta del Monte") was a 6584acres Mexican land grant in the Salinas Valley, in present day Monterey County, California. It was given in 1839 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to Francisco Lugo.[1]
The grant extended between the Sierra de Salinas (mountains) and the south bank of the Salinas River, across from the Rancho Rincon de la Puente del Monte of Teodoro Gonzalez.[2]
Francisco Lugo was granted the one and one half square league Rancho Paraje de Sanchez in 1939.
With the cession of California to the United States following the Mexican-American War, the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho Paraje de Sanchez was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1853,[3] [4] and the grant was patented to Juana Briones de Lugo et al. in 1866.[5]
Francisco Soberanes, who inherited Rancho Ex-Mission Soledad, later purchased the adjoining Rancho Paraje de Sanchez.
In 1872, Honoré Escolle purchased 1400acres of land in Rancho Paraje de Sanchez. He spent a large sum of money to improve it by planting 50acres in fruit trees. He had a residence on this ranch where he lived with his family.[6]