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Happy Birthday to Rancho Mission Viejo!

By Don Juan Ortega, on April 4th, 2014

On this date (April 4) in 1845, the original land grant for Rancho Mission Viejo (then known as Rancho La Paz) is granted to Augustin Olvera by Mexican Governor Pío Pico. Later that year, the dapper-named Don Juan Forster acquired Rancho La Paz along with Mission San Juan Capistrano. Don Juan Forster would combine Rancho [...]

April 4th, 2014 | Category: History | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Comments are closed
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What is Rancho Ortega?

By Don Juan Ortega, on November 16th, 2012

We’ve noticed an increase in the number of Google searches for “Rancho Ortega Blog” or some variation of our name. Since we only see the searches that result in a page view on our site, we can only imagine that there are many more searches that lead elsewhere. This post isn’t about the purpose or [...]

November 16th, 2012 | Category: Blog Administration | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Comments are closed