Rancho Laguna part of the grazing lands granted to the Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa in 1772, surrounding Laguna Lake at the head of the Los Osos Valley in the city of San Luis Obispo and San Luis Obispo County, California. With Rancho Cañada de los Pinos Rancho Laguna was one of the two ranchos returned to the Catholic Church in 1865, after its confiscation in 1845.

History

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Rancho Laguna was part of the grazing lands granted to the Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, founded in 1772 by Father Junípero Serra in San Luis Obispo County, California. These lands were lost to the Catholic Church due to the Mexican secularization act of 1833. With the Secularization act of 1833, the mission pasture and garden lands were sold or granted to Mexican citizens as ranchos over the next thirteen years. On the 16th of July, 1844, Governor Micheltorena granted the Mission San Luis Obispo a vinyard, garden and a sguare league of grazing land around the Laguna for the support of worship. In 1845, the buildings of Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa except for the chappel, were sold by Pio Pico, everything except the church chapel was sold for a total of $510 (valued at $70,000 in 1845). The Rancho Laguna was also ceded to Wilson in 1845, under protest by the Bishop in September 1845.[1]: 658–659, Note 2 

On February 19, 1853 Archbishop J.S. Alemany filed petitions for the return of all former mission lands in the state. These cases, 609, 425, N. D., and 388, for the California Missions and other land was confirmed by the Commission on December 18th, 1855. An appeal was dismissed in Northern District Court, on March 16th, 1857, and in in the Southern District on March 15th, 1858.[2]: Appx, 87–88  Consequently the 4,157.02 acres of Rancho Laguna was patented to Bishop J. S. Alemany on February 4, 1859.[3]

Ownership of 1,051.44 acres (4.2550 km2) (essentially the exact area of land occupied by the original mission buildings, cemeteries, and gardens) was subsequently conveyed to the Church. Included with the Mission San Luis Obispo were the mission orchard and vinyard, and the land of the Rancho La Laguna, southwest of the town, in San Luis Obispo County, consisting of 4,157.02 acres (16.8229 km2).[4][5]

The Rancho Laguna was a diamond shaped section of land of 4,157.02 acres (16.8229 km2) surrounding Laguna Lake at the head of the Los Osos Valley. It was bounded by a line through the Irish Hills on the southwest, a line bordering that of the Rancho Cañada de los Osos y Pecho y Islay on the northwest, a line running along the south slope of the Cerro San Luis Obispo to a point at the intersection of Elks Lane and Huigera Street on the northeast, and a line on the southeast to the starting point just south of the common boundary with the Ranchito de Santa Fe.[6]

The Rancho was subsequenly owned by W. H. Peterson and others up to 1883.[7] : 215))

Today

Most of the lands of the Rancho Laguna and all of the Laguna Lake are enclosed within the boundary of the City of San Luis Obispo, some parts of the land in the Irish Hills and to the east and northwest of the lake toward Bishop Peak are outside the city limits. Laguna Lake Park occupies the easternmost northeast shore of Laguna Lake.[8][9] With Laguna Lake Park, the Laguna Lake Natural Reserve encloses the most of the shoreline of the lake and the lower reach of Prefumo Creek and its delta on the shore of the lake (following its diversion into the late 1950's), omitting only the northernmost area, called the Northwest Inlets. The reserve also encloses a strip of grasslands to the northeast of the lake to near the crest of the serpentine rock ridgeline.[10]

References

  1. ^ Bancroft, Hubert Howe, History of California Vol. 5 (1846-1848), The History Company, San Francisco, 1886
  2. ^ Ogden Hoffman, 1862, Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Numa Hubert, San Francisco.
  3. ^ Report of the Surveyor General 1844 - 1886 from archive.org accessed Novemeber 1, 2018.
  4. ^ Plat of the Mission Lands of San Luis Obispo confirmed to Joseph S. Allemany, Bishop, &c. Surveyed under Instruction from the U. S. Surveyor General by Brice M. Henry Depy Sury August 1858. Containing 52 72/100 Acres, scale of 4 chains to 1 inch. from slocgs.org accessed August 8, 2018.
  5. ^ Robinson, William Wilcox, Land in California: The Story of Mission Lands, Ranchos, Squatters, Mining, University of California Press, 1848, pp. 31–32: The area shown is that stated in the Corrected Reports of Spanish and Mexican Grants in California Complete to February 25, 1886 as a supplement to the Official Report of 1883–1884. Patents for each mission were issued to Archbishop J.S. Alemany based on his claim filed with the Public Land Commission on February 19, 1853. While the land returned was only a small portion of the land lost, each mission had its main building and court yard returned.
  6. ^ Plat of the Laguna Rancho finally confirmed to J. S. Alemany, Bishop, &c. Surveyed under Instruction from the U. S. Surveyor General by Brice M. Henry Depy Sury July 1858. Containing 4157 2/100 Acres scale of 20 chains to 1 inch. from slocgs.org accessed August 8, 2018.
  7. ^ Angel, Myron, History of San Luis Obispo County, California; with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers, Thompson & West, Oakland, 1883
  8. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Laguna Lake Park
  9. ^ County Surveyor's MAP GRID INDEX mapping application from gis.slocounty.ca.gov accessed October 29, 2018.
  10. ^ 2014 - Laguna Lake Natural Reserve Conservation Plan from slocity.org accessed October 29, 2018.

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609, 425, N. D., and 388, S. D. Archbishop Joseph Sadoc Alemany, claimant for the following Missions and land ; claim filed February 19th, 1853, confirmed by the Commission December 18th, 1855, appeal dismissed in Northern District March 16th, 1857, and in Southern District March 15th, 1858. [The dates of the foundation of the Missions were furnished by the Reverend Father Jose Maria de Jesus Gonzalez, of the Mission of Santa Barbara.]

1769; containing 22.24 acres.

1798; containing 53.39 acres.

November 10th, 1776; containing 44.40 acres.

September 8th, 1771 ; containing 190.69 acres. Patented.

March 31st, 1782; containing 36.27 acres.

ber 8th, 1797 ; containing 76.94 acres.

cember 4th, 1786 ; containing 37.83 acres.

ber 17th, 1804; containing 17.35 acres.

III, December 8th, 1787.

September 1st, 1772; containing 52.72 acres. Patented.

IV, July 25th, 1797 ; containing 33.97 acres. Patented.

III, July 14th, 1771 ; containing 33.19 acres. Patented.

1791 ; containing 34.47 acres. Patented.

Carlos III, June 3d, 1770; containing 9 acres. Patented.

24th, 1797; containing 55.23 acres. Patented.

28th, 1791 ; containing 16.94 acres. Patented.

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18th, 1777 ; containing 13.13 acres. Patented.

containing 28.33 acres. Patented.

under Carlos III, October 9th, 1776; two lots, one containing 4.3 acres and the other 4.51 acres. Patented.

December 18th, 1817 ; containing 6.48 acres. Patented.

August 25th, 1813; containing 14.20 acres.

county ; containing 35,499.37 acres. Patented.

acres. Patented.

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