Rancho Soquel
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Rancho Soquel was a 1,668-acre Mexican land grant in present-day Santa Cruz County, California given in 1833 by Governor José Figueroa to María Martina Castro y Amador. In 1844, Martina Castro was gra
Bridge across Soquel Creek at Peery Park, looking west from the rancho
Monterey Bay
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Monterey Bay is a bay of the Pacific Ocean located on the coast of the U.S. state of California, south of the San Francisco Bay Area. San Francisco itself is farther north along the coast, by about 75
Rancho Soquel
…Castro was granted by Governor José Figueroa a further 32,702-acre (132.34 km2) grant known as the Soquel Augmentation. The Rancho Soquel grant along Monterey Bay includes present-day Soquel and Capitola. Rancho Aptos of her brother Rafael Castro formed the south boundary of the grant. The much-larger Soquel…
Gaspar de Zúñiga, 5th Count of Monterrey, namesake of Monterey Bay.
Monterey Bay, California
Cormorant "condo" in Monterey Bay
The Monterey Bay, as seen from space, stretches from Santa Cruz in the north to the Monterey Peninsula in the south