Rancho Solis Explained

Rancho Solis was a 8875acres Mexican land grant in present day Santa Clara County, California given in 1834 by Governor José Figueroa to Mariano Castro.^[1] The grant extended along Uvas Creek between present day Gilroy and Mount Madonna.^{[2] [3]}

History

The two square league Rancho Solis was granted to Mariano Castro.

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 Solis was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1853,^{[4] [5]} and the grant was patented to Rufina Castro in 1859.^[6]

John Hicks Adams purchased Rancho Solis in 1853. Adams was elected Sheriff of Santa Clara County in 1863 and moved to San Jose. He held this position for three successive terms until 1876.^[7]

References

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Notes and References

1. Ogden Hoffman, 1862, Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Numa Hubert, San Francisco
2. http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb8779p15b/?&brand=oac Diseño del Rancho Solis
3. http://cagenweb.com/santaclara/landgrants.html Early Santa Clara Ranchos, Grants, Patents and Maps
4. http://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/264252 United States. District Court (California : Northern District) Land Case 405 ND
5. http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/hb109nb422/ Finding Aid to the Documents Pertaining to the Adjudication of Private Land Claims in California, circa 1852-1892
6. http://www.slc.ca.gov/Misc_Pages/Historical/Surveyors_General/reports/Willey_1884_1886.pdf Report of the Surveyor General 1844 - 1886
7. Eugene T. Sawyers, 1922, History of Santa Clara County,California, Historic Record Co.