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    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...
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    General Manuel Micheltorena, due to the president's fear of another war with Americans after the Texas Revolution of the 1830s. Micheltorena brought with...
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  • Alvarado, the central government in 1842 appointed the Oaxaca-born Manuel Micheltorena as governor, who proved very unpopular. By 1844, a revolt against...
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    1844–45, Castro was a leader of the new revolt against Governor Manuel Micheltorena, once again becoming Commandante General under new governor Pio Pico...
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    Saticoy 1843 Manuel Micheltorena Manuel Jimeno 17,773 acres (7,192 ha) 328 SD Santa Paula, Saticoy Ventura Quesesosi 1843 Manuel Micheltorena William Gordon...
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  • named for Rancho Huasna, granted to Isaac J. Sparks by Governor Manuel Micheltorena in 1843. An adobe ranch house and schoolhouse once stood in the community...
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  • present-day Santa Barbara County, California given in 1843 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Raimundo Carrillo. The grant was located in the Santa Ynez Valley...
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  • Ayres from a Mexican land grant issued by Alta California Governor Manuel Micheltorena in 1843. In 1859, he sold it to Benjamin Davis Wilson, of early Pasadena...
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  • to the Pueblo of Los Angeles area and briefly defended Governor Manuel Micheltorena from the revolt of the Californios. In January 1848 James W. Marshall...
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    Mexican land grant to Mariano and Pedro Hernandez in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena extended east of the present-day Highway 33 to the San Joaquin River...
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    involved in a military battle between the much-hated Mexican general, Manuel Micheltorena and the California governor he had replaced, Juan Bautista Alvarado...
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    joined Governor Manuel Micheltorena and a group of Americans and Indians to fight the insurrectionists, pursuing them to Cahuenga. Micheltorena, Sutter, and...
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    overthrow of governors Nicolás Gutiérrez in 1836 and Manuel Micheltorena in 1844. After defeating Micheltorena and his ill-equipped army, José Antonio Castro...
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    de Santa Anna sent Brigadier General Manuel Micheltorena and 300 men to California in January 1842. Micheltorena was to assume the governorship and the...
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    María Armenta, and regranted to José Abrego in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena. The name means "Point of the Pines". The grant extended along the...
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    California and Alameda County, California given in 1843 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Antonio María Pico. Pescadero means "the fishery" or "the place...
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    any governor granted the rancho to Vicente Féliz. Mexican Governor Manuel Micheltorena granted the rancho to María Ygnacia Verdugo. María Ygnacia Verdugo...
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  • Solano County, California given in 1843 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Juan Felipe Peña and Juan Manuel Vaca. The Los Putos name comes from the nearby...
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    Clara County and Merced County, California given in 1843 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Juan Carlos Pacheco and José Maria Mejía. The grant was bounded...
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    9:00 am on February 23.: 211  During the night, Brigadier General Manuel Micheltorena moved five 8-pounders above the American left, intending to flank...
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    present-day Los Angeles County, California given in 1843 by governor Manuel Micheltorena to José Miguel Triunfo. Rancho Cahuenga is now a part of the city...
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  • and San Luis Obispo County, California given in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Mauricio Gonzales. The grant extended along the Cholame Valley...
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  • County, California claimed to have been given in 1843 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Joseph Yves Limantour. The grant extended along the (left) south...
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  • federal government claimed, he went to former Mexican governor Manuel Micheltorena with his land claim pending and obtained from him a backdated decree...
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    Geronimo. It was 8,701 acres of Coast Miwok land, first seized by Manuel Micheltorena in 1844 during the Mexican-American war. Revere forced enslaved Coast...
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  • present day Santa Cruz County, California given in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Nicolás Dodero. The name translates literally as "three eyes of...
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  • in present-day Napa County, California given in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Joseph Ballinger Chiles. The grant was located along Chiles creek...
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    Rancho La Cañada, a Mexican land grant given in 1843 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to a Mexican schoolteacher from Pueblo de Los Ángeles, Ygnacio Coronel...
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    The last non-Californian governor, Manuel Micheltorena, was driven out after another rebellion in 1845. Micheltorena was replaced by Pío Pico, last Mexican...
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  • County and Yolo County, California given in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Manuel Jimeno Casarin. The grant extended along the west bank of the...
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