| Rancho Tía Juana | |
|---|---|
| Land grant of Mexico | |
| 1829 | |
| • Type | Mexican land grant |
| History | |
• Established | 1829 |
• Disestablished | 1829 |
| Today part of | Mexico |
Rancho Tía Juana, or Ti Juan was a land grant made to Santiago Arguello on March 4, 1829, by Governor José María de Echeandía. It covered 26,019.53 acres in what is now Tijuana in Tijuana Municipality in Baja California, Mexico, and parts of San Ysidro and the Tijuana River Valley, San Diego, in South San Diego in San Diego County, California.[1]
Background
The property of Rancho Tía Juana was bounded on the south by the 11 league Rancho El Rosario, granted by José María de Echeandía in 1827 to Don José Manuel Machado, one of the first soldiers stationed at the Presidio of San Diego.[2]
The original ranch house was located just south of the Mexican border near where current border crossing is today.[1]
The name Tijuan derived from the Kumeyaay Tehuan, a word ascribed various meanings.[3]
References
- "The Rancho Tía Juana (Tijuana) Grant" by Antonio Padilla Corona, The Journal of San Diego History Vol.50, (Winter/Spring 2004)
- Rosemary Masterson, The Machado-Silvas Family, The Journal of San Diego History, SAN DIEGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY, Winter 1969, Volume 15, Number 1, Rita Larkin, Editor.
- Padilla Corona, Antonio. "The Rancho Tía Juana Grant" (PDF). Journal of San Diego History.
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