Rancho Tularcitos Explained

Rancho Tularcitos
Other Name:Los Tularcitos
Settlement Type:Mexican land grant
Pushpin Map:California
Pushpin Label:Rancho Los Tularcitos
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Monterey County, California
Coordinates:36.47°N -121.63°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:California
Subdivision Name2:Monterey County
Subdivision Type2:County
Area Total Acre:26581
Established Date:1834

Rancho Tularcitos was a 26581acres Mexican land grant in present day Monterey County, California given in 1834 by Governor José Figueroa to Rafael Gómez.[1] Tularcitos means "place of the little Tule thickets". The grant was in the upper Carmel Valley, along Tularcitos Creek, and was bounded on the west by Rancho Los Laureles.[2]

History

Rafael Gómez (1784-1838), born in Mexico, came to California in 1830 as a legal advisor to Governor Manuel Victoria. In 1831, he married Josefa Antonia Estrada (1813-1890), a daughter of José Mariano Estrada, grantee of Rancho Buena Vista. Gómez was a supporter of Figueroa, but resigned his position, and was granted the six square league Rancho Tularcitos in 1834. He held public offices in Monterey in 1835-36. Rafael Gómez died in an accident on Rancho Tularcitos in 1838.

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 Tularcitos was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1852,[3] [4] and the grant was patented to Josefa Antonia Estrada de Gómez in 1866.[5]

After Rafael Gómez died in 1838, Josefa Antonia Gómez married Charles Wolter, a German sea captain of a Mexican ship, who settled in Monterey in 1833. Josefa Antonia Gómez sold Rancho Tularcitos to Andrew J. Ogletree. Ogletree lost the rancho to Alberto Trescony, owner of Rancho San Lucas, in a mortgage foreclosure in 1880. Trescony gradually sold off the land, except for 2000acres.[6] Andrius Blomquist was born in Sweden in 1846 and emigrated to the United States in 1867 to start a new life. He eventually settled in upper Carmel Valley in 1885 and acquired nearly 8000acres of Rancho Tularcitos.

In 1924, Rancho Tularcitos came under the ownership of John E. Marble, and the Marble family took on the responsibility of managing the ranching operations for a considerable duration thereafter.[7] The ranch was eventually divided between his sons, John M. and Robert. John M. inherited the ranch headquarters, while Robert received the eastern section of the ranch. By the late 1940s, Bill Dorrance served as the ranch superintendent. Robert Marble decided to rename his portion of the ranch to Rana Creek Ranch.[8]

Mike Markkula bought the 14000acres Rana Creek Ranch in 1982 from the Marble family.[9] The Wildlands Conservancy acquired Rana Creek Ranch in July 2023 and plans to open it to the public.[10]

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References

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. Web site: [Diseño del Rancho Los Tularcitos : Calif.]].
  3. http://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/266044 United States. District Court (California : Southern District) Land Case 3 SD
  4. 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
  5. http://www.slc.ca.gov/Misc_Pages/Historical/Surveyors_General/reports/Willey_1884_1886.pdf Report of the Surveyor General 1844 - 1886
  6. Book: Fink, Augusta . Monterey County: The Dramatic Story of its Past. 2000. Valley Publishers. 9780913548622 . 2020-07-19 .
  7. Book: Hoover . Mildred B. . Rensch . Hero . Rensch . Ethel . Abeloe . William N. . Historic Spots in California . 1966 . Stanford University Press. registration . 978-0-8047-4482-9.
  8. Web site: A History of Ranching in Carmel Valley. Jeff Ohlson . Carmel Valley Historical Society . Carmel Valley, California. 123-125. 2023-06-19.
  9. Web site: The Carmel Pine Cone In YourDreams. October 6, 2017. Carmel Pine Cone. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. 8. 2023-06-19.
  10. Web site: Apple co-founder to sell huge Carmel Valley ranch for $35 million to become public nature preserve. Paul. Rogers. June 18, 2023. Santa Cruz Sentinel. 2023-06-19.