Andrés Pico
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Andrés Pico was a Californio who became a successful rancher, fought in the contested Battle of San Pascual during the Mexican–American War, and negotiated promises of post-war protections for Califor
Pico c. 1850
Signing of the treaty at Campo de Cahuenga by Andrés Pico and John C. Frémont
Pico in an undated photograph
Rómulo Pico Adobe, 2008
Pío Pico
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Pío de Jesús Pico IV was a Californio politician, ranchero, and entrepreneur, famous for serving as the last governor of Alta California under Mexican rule from 1845 to 1846. He briefly held the gover
Andrés Pico
…Pico family of California, a prominent Californio family. He was one of several sons of José María Pico and María Eustaquia López. An older brother was Pío Pico, who twice served as governor of Alta California. In 1845, under the law for secularization of former Church properties, his older brother Governor Pío…
Pico c. 1891–1892
Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, where Pico was born
Portrait of Pico held by the California State Library, c. 1847
Pico's 1831 rebellion ended with a battle located at Cahuenga Pass, which is pictured above in 1888.