Rancho Paraje de Sanchez (also called "Rancho Punta del Monte") was a 6584 acres (26.6 km²) Mexican land grant

Ranchos of California

The Spanish, and later the Méxican government encouraged settlement of territory now known as California by the establishment of large land grants called ranchos, from which the English ranch is derived. Devoted to raising cattle and sheep, the owners of the ranchos attempted to pattern themselves...

 in present day Monterey County, California

Monterey County, California

Monterey County is a county located on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California, its northwestern section forming the southern half of Monterey Bay. The northern half of the bay is in Santa Cruz County. As of 2010, the population was 415,057. The county seat and largest city is Salinas...

 given in 1839 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to Francisco Lugo. The grant extended between the Sierra de Salinas

Sierra de Salinas

Sierra de Salinas is a mountain range in the California Coast Ranges, located in central Monterey County, California. The range is a part of the Salinian Block and lies between the Santa Lucia Range to the west and the Salinas Valley. Salinas River, and Gabilan Range to the east....

 mountains and the south bank of the Salinas River

Salinas River (California)

The Salinas River is the largest river of the central coast of California, running and draining 4,160 square miles. It flows north-northwest and drains the Salinas Valley that slices through the Coast Range south from Monterey Bay...

, across from the Rancho Rincon de la Puente del Monte

Rancho Rincon de la Puente del Monte

Rancho Rincon de la Puente del Monte was a Mexican land grant in the Salinas Valley, in present day Monterey County, California given in 1836 by Governor Nicolás Gutiérrez to Teodoro Gonzalez...

 of Teodoro Gonzalez.

History

Francisco Lugo was granted the one and one half square league Rancho Paraje de Sanchez in 1939.

With the cession

Mexican Cession

The Mexican Cession of 1848 is a historical name in the United States for the region of the present day southwestern United States that Mexico ceded to the U.S...

 of California to the United States following the Mexican-American War, the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is the peace treaty, largely dictated by the United States to the interim government of a militarily occupied Mexico City, that ended the Mexican-American War on February 2, 1848...

 provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho Paraje de Sanchez was filed with the Public Land Commission

Public Land Commission

The Public Land Commission, a former agency of the United States government, was created following the admission of California as a state in 1850 . The Commission's purpose was to determine the validity of prior Spanish and Mexican land grants in California.California Senator William M...

 in 1853, and the grant was patented

Land patent

A land patent is a land grant made patent by the sovereign lord over the land in question. To make a such a grant “patent”, such a sovereign lord must document the land grant, securely sign and seal the document and openly publish the same to the public for all to see...

 to Juana Briones de Lugo et al in 1866.

Francisco Soberanes, who inherited Rancho Ex-Mission Soledad

Rancho Ex-Mission Soledad

Rancho Ex-Mission Soledad was a Mexican land grant in present day Monterey County, California given in 1845 by Governor Pío Pico to Feliciano Soberanes...

, and later purchased the adjoining Rancho Paraje de Sanchez.