Pío Pico State Historic Park
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Pío Pico State Historic Park is the site of El Ranchito, also known as the Pío Pico Adobe or Pío Pico Mansion, the final home of Pío Pico, the last governor of Alta California under Mexican rule and a
The adobe and grounds after the 2000–2003 restoration
Pío Pico Adobe in 1910
Rancho Paso de Bartolo
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Rancho Paso de Bartolo also called Rancho Paso de Bartolo Viejo was a 10,075-acre Mexican land grant in present-day Los Angeles County, California, given in 1835 by Governor Jose Figueroa to Juan Cris
Pío Pico State Historic Park
…adobe and about three acres of surrounding land. Starting in 1848, after the Mexican–American War, Pío Pico began acquiring the 10,000-acre (4,000 ha) Rancho Paso de Bartolo, and built a home in 1853. The home was damaged by the flooding of 1867, which set the San Gabriel River to its present course, and was nearly destroyed…
Don Pío Pico, the last Governor of Alta California, acquired Rancho Paso de Bartolo in 1847. His former estate on the rancho is preserved today as the Pío Pico State Historic Park.