From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rancho San Juan Bautista
Rancho San Juan Bautista
Rancho San Juan Bautista was a 8,880-acre (35.9 km2) was killed in an accident in 1887, and control of the com-
Mexican land grant in present day Santa Clara County, pany passed to his children, Henry, Louise and Marie. His
California given in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltore- son, Henry was killed in a trolley accident in 1909. Soon
na to José Agustín Narvaez.[1] The grant extended along after the death of Le Franc, his daughter, Louise, married
the Guadalupe River from Los Gatos to San Jose. Within Paul Masson, who established his own winery at Sarato-
its boundaries were much of today’s Willow Glen, Hills- ga.[6] Masson helped guide the winery through the dif-
dale, Robertsville and the Lone Hill area.[2][3] ficult days of Prohibition, then swapped the property in
1930 for Rancho Orestimba y Las Garzas.[7]
History
José Agustín Narvaez (1778-) came to Branciforte in 1797.
References
He was alcade at San Jose in 1812. He was granted the two [1] Ogden Hoffman, 1862, Reports of Land Cases
square league Rancho San Juan Bautista in 1844. Determined in the United States District Court for the
With the cession of California to the United States fol- Northern District of California, Numa Hubert, San
lowing the Mexican-American War, the 1848 Treaty of Francisco
Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would [2] Diseño del Rancho San Juan Bautista
be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim [3] Early Santa Clara Ranchos, Grants, Patents and
for Rancho San Juan Bautista was filed with the Public Maps
Land Commission in 1852,[4] and the grant was patented [4] United States. District Court (California : Northern
to José Agustín Narvaez in 1865.[5] District) Land Case 7 ND
Narvaez sold a portion of the rancho to Éthienne [5] Report of the Surveyor General 1844 - 1886
Bernard Edmond Thée, who came to California from [6] Paul Masson Mountain Winery National Park
Bordeaux. Thée planted mission grapes, but in 1852 he Service
was joined by a neighbor, Charles LeFranc (-1887), also [7] Charles L. Sullivan, 1982, Like Modern Edens:
from France, and they planted cuttings from the France, Winegrowing in Santa Clara Valley and Santa Cruz
which became the Almaden Vineyards. LeFranc and Thee Mountains 1798-1981 ,California History Center
built a winery, and LeFranc chose the name New Al- Coordinates: 37°16′48″N 121°42′00″W / 37.280°N
maden. In 1857 LeFranc married Thée’s daughter, Marie 121.700°W / 37.280; -121.700
Adele, and eventually inherited the property. LeFranc
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