Rancho Petaluma

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Rancho Petaluma was a large Mexican-era land grant in present-day Sonoma County, California, historically associated with the early development of the region under General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Rancho Cotate 1
Rancho Petaluma canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mexican land grant
adjacentTo Rancho Petaluma Adobe
associatedWith Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
country Mexico
economicRole center of cattle hide and tallow trade
regional agricultural center
governedBy Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
governmentTypeAtGrant Mexican government of Alta California
grantee Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
hasNotableStructure Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park
hasSettlement Petaluma, California
heritageDesignationRelatedSite National Historic Landmark (Petaluma Adobe)
historicalEra Mexican era of California
historicalSignificance early development of Sonoma County
transition from Mexican to American rule in California
influencedDevelopmentOf Petaluma, California
Sonoma County, California
languageOfName Spanish
locatedIn California
Sonoma County, California
United States
namedAfter Petaluma River
partOf Alta California
Northern California ranchos system
predecessorTerritory Indigenous lands of the Coast Miwok and Pomo peoples
timePeriod 19th century
usedFor agriculture
cattle ranching

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo landOwnerOf Rancho Petaluma
Cotati, California namedAfter Rancho Cotate
linked to: Rancho Petaluma