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Rancho Las Mariposas, the Glossary

Rancho Las Mariposas was a Mexican land grant in Alta California, located in present-day Mariposa County, California.^[1]

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1844 establishments in Alta California
Merced River

Agua Fria, California

Agua Fria (Spanish for "Cold Water") is an unincorporated community in Mariposa County, California.

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Alta California

Alta California ('Upper California'), also known as Nueva California ('New California') among other names, was a province of New Spain formally established in 1804.

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Bear Valley, Mariposa County, California

Bear Valley (formerly Haydenville, Biddle's Camp, Biddleville, Simpsonville, and Johnsonville) is a census-designated place in Mariposa County, California, United States.

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The California gold rush (1848–1855) was a gold rush that began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. Rancho Las Mariposas and California gold rush are California Gold Rush.

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California Land Act of 1851

The California Land Act of 1851, enacted following the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the admission of California as a state in 1850, established a three-member Public Land Commission to determine the validity of prior Spanish and Mexican land grants.

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California Republic

The California Republic (República de California), or Bear Flag Republic, was an unrecognized breakaway state from Mexico, that for 25 days in 1846 militarily controlled an area north of San Francisco, in and around what is now Sonoma County in California.

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Chowchilla River

The Chowchilla River is a river in central California, United States and a minor tributary of the San Joaquin River.

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Foothills or piedmont are geographically defined as gradual increases in elevation at the base of a mountain range, higher hill range or an upland area.

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Frederick Law Olmsted

Frederick Law Olmsted (April 26, 1822 – August 28, 1903) was an American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator.

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Halleck, Peachy & Billings

Halleck, Peachy & Billings was one of the leading early law firms in San Francisco, California and specialized in land cases.

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Jessie Benton Frémont

Jessie Ann Benton Frémont (May 31, 1824 – December 27, 1902) was an American writer and political activist.

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John C. Frémont

John Charles Frémont (January 21, 1813July 13, 1890) was an American explorer, military officer, and politician.

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Juan Bautista Alvarado

Juan Bautista Valentín Alvarado y Vallejo (February 14, 1809 – July 13, 1882) usually known as Juan Bautista Alvarado, was a Californio politician that served as Governor of Alta California from 1837 to 1842.

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Land patent

A land patent is a form of letters patent assigning official ownership of a particular tract of land that has gone through various legally-prescribed processes like surveying and documentation, followed by the letter's signing, sealing, and publishing in public records, made by a sovereign entity.

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Landscape architect

A landscape architect is a person who is educated in the field of landscape architecture.

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List of governors of California before 1850

Below is a list of the governors of early California (1769–1850), before its admission as the 31st U.S. state.

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List of ranchos of California

These California land grants were made by Spanish (1784–1821) and Mexican (1822–1846) authorities of Las Californias and Alta California to private individuals before California became part of the United States of America. Rancho Las Mariposas and List of ranchos of California are California ranchos.

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Manuel Micheltorena

Joseph Manuel María Joaquin Micheltorena y Llano (8 June 1804 – 7 September 1853) was a brigadier general and adjutant-general of the Mexican Army, Governor of California, commandant-general and inspector of the department of Las Californias, then within Mexico.

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Mariposa County, California

Mariposa County is a county located in the U.S. state of California. Rancho Las Mariposas and Mariposa County, California are California Gold Rush.

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Mariposa Creek

Mariposa Creek, originally called the Mariposa River, is a creek that has its source in Mariposa County, California.

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Mariposa, California

Mariposa (Spanish for "Butterfly") is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in and the county seat of Mariposa County, California, United States.

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Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park

Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park is a state park of California, United States, marking the discovery of gold by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in 1848, sparking the California Gold Rush. Rancho Las Mariposas and Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park are California Gold Rush.

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Merced River

The Merced River, in the central part of the U.S. state of California, is a -long tributary of the San Joaquin River flowing from the Sierra Nevada into the San Joaquin Valley.

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Mexican Cession

The Mexican Cession (Cesión mexicana) is the region in the modern-day western United States that Mexico previously controlled, then ceded to the United States in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 after the Mexican–American War.

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Mexican–American War

The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as the Mexican War, and in Mexico as the United States intervention in Mexico, was an invasion of Mexico by the United States Army from 1846 to 1848.

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Mission San José (California)

Mission San José is a Spanish mission located in the present-day city of Fremont, California, United States.

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Miwok

The Miwok (also spelled Miwuk, Mi-Wuk, or Me-Wuk) are members of four linguistically related Native American groups Indigenous to what is now Northern California, who traditionally spoke one of the Miwok languages in the Utian family.

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Monarch butterfly

The monarch butterfly or simply monarch (Danaus plexippus) is a milkweed butterfly (subfamily Danainae) in the family Nymphalidae.

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Morris Ketchum

Morris Ketchum (February 5, 1796 – January 1, 1880) was an American banker and financier of the 19th century.

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Mount Ophir, California

Mount Ophir is a ghost town in Mariposa County, California.

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Ranchos of California

The Spanish and Mexican governments made many concessions and land grants in Alta California (now known as California) and Baja California from 1775 to 1846. Rancho Las Mariposas and Ranchos of California are California ranchos.

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Ridleys Ferry, California

Ridleys Ferry, later Benton Mills, is a former settlement in Mariposa County, California. Rancho Las Mariposas and Ridleys Ferry, California are Merced River.

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San Francisco Bay Area

The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a region of California surrounding and including the San Francisco Bay.

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San Joaquin River

The San Joaquin River (Río San Joaquín) is the longest river of Central California.

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Sierra Nevada

The Sierra Nevada is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin.

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Spanish language

Spanish (español) or Castilian (castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.

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Supreme Court of California

The Supreme Court of California is the highest and final court of appeals in the courts of the U.S. state of California.

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Thomas O. Larkin

Thomas Oliver Larkin (September 16, 1802 – October 27, 1858), known later in life in Spanish as Don Tomás Larquin, was an American diplomat and businessman.

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo officially ended the Mexican–American War (1846–1848).

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Trenor W. Park

Trenor William Park (December 8, 1823 – December 13, 1882) was an American lawyer, political figure, and businessman.

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Union Army

During the American Civil War, the United States Army, the land force that fought to preserve the collective Union of the states, was often referred to as the Union Army, the Grand Army of the Republic, the Federal Army, or the Northern Army.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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Yosemite National Park

Yosemite National Park is a national park in California.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rancho_Las_Mariposas

Rancho Las Mariposas, the Glossary

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See also

1844 establishments in Alta California

Merced River

References