Rancho Jamul (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rancho Jamul was a 8,926-acre (36.12 km2) Mexican land grant in present day San Diego County, California given in 1831 by Governor Manuel Victoria to Pio Pico. The grant extended from present day Jamul southeast to Dulzura. Pio Pico was given a provisional grant of one square league Governor Victoria in 1831. His brother, Andres Pico, ran the rancho 1836 to 1838. In 1837 the rancho was attacked by Indians, and the rancho abandoned. In 1851, Pico's brother-in-law, John Forster, claiming to be acting as Pico's agent, sold Rancho Jamul to Bonifacio Lopez, Philip Crosthwaite (Lopez son-in-law), Richard Rust, and William E. Rust. However, it does not appear that anything was ever done in performance of the contract by anyone. But this was the cause latter of extensive litigation concerning ownership of Rancho Jamul.