Rancho Sisquoc (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rancho Sisquoc was a 35,486-acre (143.61 km2) Mexican land grant in present day northeastern Santa Barbara County, California given in 1845 by Governor Pio Pico to Maria Antonia Dominguez de Caballero. The grant extended along the Sisquoc River, up stream of Rancho Tepusquet east of present day Lompoc. Francisco Cavalleri (1814 -1877) (often spelt "Caballero") came to Santa Barbara in 1838 and married Maria Antonia Dominguez (1814-1874) in 1841. Maria's father, Jose Antonio Dominguez (1796-1844), was the grantee of Rancho San Emidio. Maria's grandfather, Ildefonso Dominguez, came to California as a soldier with the 1781 Rivera expedition. Maria Antonia Dominguez de Cavalleri was granted the eight square league Rancho Sisquoc in 1845. After Maria's death, Francisco Cavalleri married Ramona Pico (1831-) in 1876.