Rancho San Jacinto Nuevo y Potrero was a 48,861-acre Mexican land grant in present-day Riverside County, California given in 1846 by Governor Pío Pico to Miguel Pedrorena. At the time of the US Patent
Miguel de Pedrorena was granted Rancho San Jacinto Nuevo y Potrero in 1846.
José Antonio Aguirre purchased the rancho in 1853.
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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
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.