In about 1833 Miguel Cordero settled in the area of Las Cruces, California and eventually was granted a land grant for the area stretching from Gaviota in the south to Rancho Santa Rosa in the north (near Nojoqui Road).

In about 1810 Bartholome Miguel de Ortega was granted a rancho of about 17,000 acres in the extreme western portion of Los Angeles County near present-day Agoura Hills. Highway 101 cross-cuts the center of the Rancho Las Virgenes.

Rancho Cañada de Salsipuedes

In 1844 Rancho Cañada de Salsipuedes was officially granted to Pedro Cordero. John C. Keyes purchased the rancho from Pedro in 1850, and some time later Hollister purchased Rancho Salsipuedes and established a dairy on the property.

Rancho Bolsa de Chamisal

The 14,355 acre Rancho Bolsa de Chamisal was granted to Francisco Quijada in 1837. The land was described as an enclosed space of chaparral, a dense brush land just south of present-day Oceano. Pedro Cordero had married Maria Dolores Claudia Quijada in 1808, and therefore owned a share by marriage. On September 4, 1846 Pedro Cordero sold his share of Rancho Bolsa de Chamisal to Luis Burton. Manuela, Nasario, and Francisco Quijada also sold their interests at various times to Burton. By 1868 Francis Z. Branch owned the rancho. The rancho is listed in the Carpenters Index on the San Luis Obispo County Genealogical Society website.

Click here to view the Land Case Map of Bolsa de Chamisal. Another image.