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Rancho La Ballona

Rancho La Ballona was a 13,920-acre (56.3 km2) Mexican land grant in the present-day Westside region of Los Angeles County, Southern California.

Rancho La Ballona
Ranchos of Alta California of Mexico
 • TypeMexican-era land grant
History 
• Established
1839
Today part ofUnited States

The rancho was confirmed by Alta California Governor Juan Alvarado in 1839, to Ygnacio and Augustin Machado and Felipe and Tomas Talamantes. The Machados and Talamanteses had already been given a Spanish concession to graze their cattle on this land in 1819. Many Machado and Talamantes family members of the late 19th century and early 20th century are buried at the north edge of the former Mexican Rancho La Ballona at a cemetery on Pico Boulevard, which was known as the La Ballona Cemetery, later in 1876 as the Ballona Township Cemetery, and then as the Woodlawn Cemetery of Santa Monica in the early 20th century.

The grant stretched from inland (near the present day San Diego Freeway) to Santa Monica Bay, from present day Mar Vista, Westside Village, Palms, and Culver City; northwest to Pico Boulevard and the Ocean Park district of Santa Monica; and south along Ballona Creek through Venice, the Ballona Wetlands, and present day Marina del Rey, Playa Vista, and Playa Del Rey.[1][2][3] Neighboring ranches included Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica, Rancho Rincón de los Bueyes, Rancho Aguaje de la Centinela, and Rancho Sausal Redondo.

1858 survey
1868 survey

History edit

In 1821 they applied again, joined by Augustin's brother Ygnacio, and Felipe's son Tomas. The military commander, José de la Guerra y Noriega, gave them permission to graze cattle on the future Rancho La Ballona lands, when they were living in the Pueblo de Los Ángeles.[4] In 1839 Mexican Governor Alvarado confirmed the land grant for Rancho La Ballona to them.

 
Excerpt from a 1903 map, showing the Machado rail stop, Port Ballona (shortly to become Playa Del Rey), and Ballona Wetlands

The cession of California to the United States followed the Mexican–American War, and the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo promised that the existing land grants would be honored. In accordance with the Land Act of 1851, the Machados and Talamanteses registered their claim for Rancho La Ballona with the Board of California Land Commissioners, and it was approved in 1854.[5][6] The US District Court upheld the decision on appeal in 1873, 8 years after Agustín Machado had died, and Rancho La Ballona was patented at 13,920 acres (56 km2) to the original four claimants.[7]

In 1857, Benjamin D. Wilson received title to one fourth of Rancho La Ballona on a foreclosure of a loan he had made to Tomas Talamantes in 1854. Wilson sold his portion of Rancho La Ballona to George A. Sanford and John D. Young, who in 1863 had petitioned for a division of the lower Ballona Valley land. A decree dividing it into 23 sections was issued in 1868.[8] Each of the 23 long narrow parcels was to have three types of land: "pasture", "irrigable"; and "bay" (Santa Monica Bay).[8] The largest allotment of the former rancho, on the bluff northwest of Ballona Valley to the boundary with Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica, was to the "Estate of Augustin Machado", and by a later partition in 1875 this allotment was re-divided among the "Heirs of Augustin Machado".[8][9][10][11]

In 1928, an “old-timer” told the Los Angeles Times that “The Rancho Rincon de Los Bueyes of 3,000 acres was owned by Don Francisco Higuera. Adjoining Rincon de Los Bueyes were the ranchos off Don Ignacio Machado, Andres Machado, Antonio Machado, Bernardino Machado, Macedonia Aguilar, Ellenda Young, and Cy Sandford, along what is now the Inglewood Road.”[12]

Camp Latham edit

During the Civil War General George Wright ordered troops to secure Port Ballona against a possible seizure by pro-Confederates, and by 1862 6,000 Union troops were stationed Port Ballona.[citation needed] Their post was named Camp Latham, after Milton Latham.[citation needed]

 
Rancho La Ballona in 1888, excerpted from Official map of Los Angeles County by V. J. Rowan

Machado family edit

José Manuel Machado (1756–1810) married María de la Luz Valenzuela Y Avilas in 1780, and traveled in Rivera's 1781 expedition to Alta California. In 1781, Machado retired to the Pueblo de Los Angeles. Two of his sons, José Agustín Antonio Machado and José Ygnacio Antonio Machado, tried unsuccessfully for some time to get grazing rights on land near the pueblo.

Augustín Machado (1794–1865) edit

 
Augustin Machado

Agustín Machado married María Petra Buelna in 1824, but she died while giving birth to their first child, Juan Bautista (1826–1907). In 1827, Machado married Ramona Sepúlveda, the daughter of Francisco Sepulveda, and they had 14 children: María Josefa Delfina (1827–1828), Martina Magdalena (1829–1872), Vicenta Ferrer Machado (1831–1894), José Domingo (1833–1882), José Dolores Machado (1835–1906), María Ascencion Machado (1837–1912), Susana, José Francisco (1841–1888), Bernardino Machado (1843–1911), Candelaria Onofre Machado (1844–1907), José Ramón Tomás (1846–1847), Jose Juan Rafael Machado (1846–1930), Andres Manuel (1849–1929), and José de la Luz de los Reyes (1853–1923).[13] Cattle and sheep rancher Juan Moreno sold the Rancho Santa Rosa to Augustin in 1855. Subsequently, Abel Stearns sold the nearby Rancho La Laguna to Augustin Machado in 1858. This later acquisition also was the site of one of the Butterfield Overland Mail stage stations until 1861.

Ygnacio Machado (1797–1878) edit

In 1826, Ygnacio Machado married Estefana Palomares they had 7 children: Luisa, Versabe, María, José, Andres, Francisco and Rafael. Ygnacio Machado was the grantee of Rancho Aguaje de la Centinela in 1837. In 1845, Machado traded the rancho to Bruno Avila, brother of Antonio Avila, for a small tract in the Pueblo of Los Angeles.[15]

Talamantes family edit

Felipe Talamantes (1771–1856) edit

Luis Felipe Talamantes was a retired soldier between 1783–84 when he went with Juan Jose Dominguez to be Majordomo of the Rancho San Pedro. He went back to Baja, California to get married 1792. Felipe brought his wife Idlefonza Avila and son Tomas back to the Pueblo of Los Angeles in 1794. Felipe and Idlefonza's children were Tomas, Pablo Antonio, Maria de Los Angeles, Felipe, and Jose Nicodemus.

Tomás Talamantes (1792–1873) edit

Tomas Talamantes married Maria Petronila Olivas and had 8 children. He forfeited his one fourth interest in Rancho La Ballona for nonpayment of a loan in 1857.

See also edit

People
 
65-foot (20 m) tall, heavy-trunked native California sycamore (Platanus racemosa) on Inglewood Blvd, Del Rey, Los Angeles, six blocks from Ballona Creek

References edit

  1. ^ diseno Rancho La Ballona
  2. ^ 1900 USGS topographic map[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Map of old Spanish and Mexican ranchos in Los Angeles County
  4. ^ Ingersoll's Century History, Santa Monica Bay Cities, p.137 – 139
  5. ^ United States. District Court (California : Southern District)Land Case 123 SD
  6. ^ Finding Aid to the Documents Pertaining to the Adjudication of Private Land Claims in California, circa 1852-1892
  7. ^ Report of the Surveyor General 1844–1886 2013-03-20 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ a b c Huntington Digital Library: "Map of the Rancho "La Ballona" (circa 1867) . accessed 28 August 2016.
  9. ^ Mary Sainte Therese Wittenburg, 1973, The Machados & Rancho La Ballona: The story of the land and its ranchero, Jose Agustin Antonio Machado, with a genealogy of the Machado family, Dawson's Book Shop ISBN 978-0-87093-164-2
  10. ^ Robinson, W. W. (William Wilcox), 1939, Culver City : a calendar of events in which is included, also, the story of Palms and Playa Del Rey together with Rancho la Ballona and Rancho Rincon de los Bueyes, Title Guarantee and Trust Co, Los Angeles.
  11. ^ Ranchos and the Politics of Land Claims 2016-01-29 at the Wayback Machine by Karen Clay and Werner Troesken
  12. ^ Guzman, N.S., RANCHO DAYS OF PAST RECALLED: Culver City Neighborhood Pioneers' Playground Excursions to Santa Monica Popular in 1876 Historic Fifty-Mile Relay Horse Race Retold, Los Angeles Times, 1928-05-04, p. B5.
  13. ^ Woodlawn Cemetery
  14. ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
  15. ^ Hoover, Mildred B.; Rensch, Hero; Rensch, Ethel; Abeloe, William N. (1966). Historic Spots in California. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-4482-9.

External links edit

  • Ballona (also called "Paso de las Carretas") Los Angeles County, Agustín and Ignacio Machado, Claimants. Case no. 123, Southern District of California (digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu)
  • Map of old Spanish and Mexican ranchos in Los Angeles County
  • Amazon.com: Beach of the King, by David J. Dukesherer

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Rancho La Ballona was a 13 920 acre 56 3 km2 Mexican land grant in the present day Westside region of Los Angeles County Southern California Rancho La BallonaRanchos of Alta California of Mexico TypeMexican era land grantHistory Established1839Today part ofUnited StatesThe rancho was confirmed by Alta California Governor Juan Alvarado in 1839 to Ygnacio and Augustin Machado and Felipe and Tomas Talamantes The Machados and Talamanteses had already been given a Spanish concession to graze their cattle on this land in 1819 Many Machado and Talamantes family members of the late 19th century and early 20th century are buried at the north edge of the former Mexican Rancho La Ballona at a cemetery on Pico Boulevard which was known as the La Ballona Cemetery later in 1876 as the Ballona Township Cemetery and then as the Woodlawn Cemetery of Santa Monica in the early 20th century The grant stretched from inland near the present day San Diego Freeway to Santa Monica Bay from present day Mar Vista Westside Village Palms and Culver City northwest to Pico Boulevard and the Ocean Park district of Santa Monica and south along Ballona Creek through Venice the Ballona Wetlands and present day Marina del Rey Playa Vista and Playa Del Rey 1 2 3 Neighboring ranches included Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica Rancho Rincon de los Bueyes Rancho Aguaje de la Centinela and Rancho Sausal Redondo 1858 survey1868 surveyContents 1 History 1 1 Camp Latham 2 Machado family 2 1 Augustin Machado 1794 1865 2 2 Ygnacio Machado 1797 1878 3 Talamantes family 3 1 Felipe Talamantes 1771 1856 3 2 Tomas Talamantes 1792 1873 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory editIn 1821 they applied again joined by Augustin s brother Ygnacio and Felipe s son Tomas The military commander Jose de la Guerra y Noriega gave them permission to graze cattle on the future Rancho La Ballona lands when they were living in the Pueblo de Los Angeles 4 In 1839 Mexican Governor Alvarado confirmed the land grant for Rancho La Ballona to them nbsp Excerpt from a 1903 map showing the Machado rail stop Port Ballona shortly to become Playa Del Rey and Ballona WetlandsThe cession of California to the United States followed the Mexican American War and the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo promised that the existing land grants would be honored In accordance with the Land Act of 1851 the Machados and Talamanteses registered their claim for Rancho La Ballona with the Board of California Land Commissioners and it was approved in 1854 5 6 The US District Court upheld the decision on appeal in 1873 8 years after Agustin Machado had died and Rancho La Ballona was patented at 13 920 acres 56 km2 to the original four claimants 7 In 1857 Benjamin D Wilson received title to one fourth of Rancho La Ballona on a foreclosure of a loan he had made to Tomas Talamantes in 1854 Wilson sold his portion of Rancho La Ballona to George A Sanford and John D Young who in 1863 had petitioned for a division of the lower Ballona Valley land A decree dividing it into 23 sections was issued in 1868 8 Each of the 23 long narrow parcels was to have three types of land pasture irrigable and bay Santa Monica Bay 8 The largest allotment of the former rancho on the bluff northwest of Ballona Valley to the boundary with Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica was to the Estate of Augustin Machado and by a later partition in 1875 this allotment was re divided among the Heirs of Augustin Machado 8 9 10 11 In 1928 an old timer told the Los Angeles Times that The Rancho Rincon de Los Bueyes of 3 000 acres was owned by Don Francisco Higuera Adjoining Rincon de Los Bueyes were the ranchos off Don Ignacio Machado Andres Machado Antonio Machado Bernardino Machado Macedonia Aguilar Ellenda Young and Cy Sandford along what is now the Inglewood Road 12 Camp Latham edit Main article Camp Latham During the Civil War General George Wright ordered troops to secure Port Ballona against a possible seizure by pro Confederates and by 1862 6 000 Union troops were stationed Port Ballona citation needed Their post was named Camp Latham after Milton Latham citation needed nbsp Rancho La Ballona in 1888 excerpted from Official map of Los Angeles County by V J RowanMachado family editJose Manuel Machado 1756 1810 married Maria de la Luz Valenzuela Y Avilas in 1780 and traveled in Rivera s 1781 expedition to Alta California In 1781 Machado retired to the Pueblo de Los Angeles Two of his sons Jose Agustin Antonio Machado and Jose Ygnacio Antonio Machado tried unsuccessfully for some time to get grazing rights on land near the pueblo Augustin Machado 1794 1865 edit nbsp Augustin MachadoAgustin Machado married Maria Petra Buelna in 1824 but she died while giving birth to their first child Juan Bautista 1826 1907 In 1827 Machado married Ramona Sepulveda the daughter of Francisco Sepulveda and they had 14 children Maria Josefa Delfina 1827 1828 Martina Magdalena 1829 1872 Vicenta Ferrer Machado 1831 1894 Jose Domingo 1833 1882 Jose Dolores Machado 1835 1906 Maria Ascencion Machado 1837 1912 Susana Jose Francisco 1841 1888 Bernardino Machado 1843 1911 Candelaria Onofre Machado 1844 1907 Jose Ramon Tomas 1846 1847 Jose Juan Rafael Machado 1846 1930 Andres Manuel 1849 1929 and Jose de la Luz de los Reyes 1853 1923 13 Cattle and sheep rancher Juan Moreno sold the Rancho Santa Rosa to Augustin in 1855 Subsequently Abel Stearns sold the nearby Rancho La Laguna to Augustin Machado in 1858 This later acquisition also was the site of one of the Butterfield Overland Mail stage stations until 1861 Francisco Machado son of Agustin Machado served as a Los Angeles County Supervisor for two terms He assumed office in 1872 and was re elected in 1874 Lake Machado in Harbor City was named in his honor 14 Vicenta Machado married Francisco Lugo Francisco Lugo was the brother of Jose del Carmen Lugo Ygnacio Machado 1797 1878 edit In 1826 Ygnacio Machado married Estefana Palomares they had 7 children Luisa Versabe Maria Jose Andres Francisco and Rafael Ygnacio Machado was the grantee of Rancho Aguaje de la Centinela in 1837 In 1845 Machado traded the rancho to Bruno Avila brother of Antonio Avila for a small tract in the Pueblo of Los Angeles 15 Talamantes family editFelipe Talamantes 1771 1856 edit Luis Felipe Talamantes was a retired soldier between 1783 84 when he went with Juan Jose Dominguez to be Majordomo of the Rancho San Pedro He went back to Baja California to get married 1792 Felipe brought his wife Idlefonza Avila and son Tomas back to the Pueblo of Los Angeles in 1794 Felipe and Idlefonza s children were Tomas Pablo Antonio Maria de Los Angeles Felipe and Jose Nicodemus Tomas Talamantes 1792 1873 edit Tomas Talamantes married Maria Petronila Olivas and had 8 children He forfeited his one fourth interest in Rancho La Ballona for nonpayment of a loan in 1857 See also editRanchos of Los Angeles County Category Ranchos of Los Angeles County California Ranchos of California List of Ranchos of CaliforniaPeopleClarence E Coe landowner lima bean farmer and pioneer nbsp 65 foot 20 m tall heavy trunked native California sycamore Platanus racemosa on Inglewood Blvd Del Rey Los Angeles six blocks from Ballona CreekReferences edit diseno Rancho La Ballona 1900 USGS topographic map permanent dead link Map of old Spanish and Mexican ranchos in Los Angeles County Ingersoll s Century History Santa Monica Bay Cities p 137 139 United States District Court California Southern District Land Case 123 SD Finding Aid to the Documents Pertaining to the Adjudication of Private Land Claims in California circa 1852 1892 Report of the Surveyor General 1844 1886 Archived 2013 03 20 at the Wayback Machine a b c Huntington Digital Library Map of the Rancho La Ballona circa 1867 accessed 28 August 2016 Mary Sainte Therese Wittenburg 1973 The Machados amp Rancho La Ballona The story of the land and its ranchero Jose Agustin Antonio Machado with a genealogy of the Machado family Dawson s Book Shop ISBN 978 0 87093 164 2 Robinson W W William Wilcox 1939 Culver City a calendar of events in which is included also the story of Palms and Playa Del Rey together with Rancho la Ballona and Rancho Rincon de los Bueyes Title Guarantee and Trust Co Los Angeles Ranchos and the Politics of Land Claims Archived 2016 01 29 at the Wayback Machine by Karen Clay and Werner Troesken Guzman N S RANCHO DAYS OF PAST RECALLED Culver City Neighborhood Pioneers Playground Excursions to Santa Monica Popular in 1876 Historic Fifty Mile Relay Horse Race Retold Los Angeles Times 1928 05 04 p B5 Woodlawn Cemetery Supervisor Francisco Machado PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2011 07 21 Retrieved 2009 04 21 Hoover Mildred B Rensch Hero Rensch Ethel Abeloe William N 1966 Historic Spots in California Stanford University Press ISBN 978 0 8047 4482 9 External links editBallona also called Paso de las Carretas Los Angeles County Agustin and Ignacio Machado Claimants Case no 123 Southern District of California digicoll lib berkeley edu Map of old Spanish and Mexican ranchos in Los Angeles County Amazon com Beach of the King by David J Dukesherer nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rancho La Ballona 34 00 36 N 118 25 12 W 34 0100 N 118 420 W 34 0100 118 420 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rancho La Ballona amp oldid 1211557019 Augustin Machado 1794 1865, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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