Rancho Simi
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Rancho Simi, also known as Rancho San José de Nuestra Señora de Altagracia y Simí, was a 113,009-acre Spanish land grant in what is now eastern Ventura and western Los Angeles counties granted in 1795
Simi Adobe, Simi Valley
José de la Guerra y Noriega
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José Antonio de la Guerra y Noriega was a Californio military officer, politician, ranchero, and founder of the prominent Guerra family of California. He served as the Commandant of the Presidio of Sa
Rancho Simi
…death in 1815, the Rancho was regranted to Santiago's sons Javier Pico and his two brothers, Patricio Pico and Miguel Pico by the Spanish government. José de la Guerra y Noriega, a Captain of the Santa Barbara Presidio, who had begun to acquire large amounts of land in California to raise cattle, purchased Rancho Simi from the…
Portrait by Leonardo Barbieri, c. 1850