Rancho San Pedro was one of the first California land grants and the first to win a patent from the United States. The Spanish Crown granted the 75,000 acres of land to soldier Juan José Domínguez in
Don Manuel Domínguez, a signer of the California Constitution and owner of Rancho San Pedro
The Battle of Dominguez Rancho, or the Battle of the Old Woman's Gun, was a military engagement of the Mexican–American War that took place on October 8–9, 1846, within Manuel Dominguez's 75,000-acre
Rancho San Pedro
…Dominguez Rancho Adobe. The adobe of Manuel Dominguez, completed in 1826, is a national historic site. Battle of Dominguez Rancho. A Mexican–American War battle was fought on the rancho site. The Claretian Missionaries seminary and regional headquarters are adjacent to the Dominguez…
The Retreat of the Americans can be seen in "Battle of Dominguez Rancho" as depicted by William H. Meyers in Naval Sketches of the War in California, published in 1939 (the "Old Woman's Gun" can be seen on the right side of the painting)