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Previous Jurisdictions to Land in Arizona: Difference between revisions
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===Spanish and Mexican land (from 1820 to 1846) that would later become Arizona === | ===Spanish and Mexican land (from 1820 to 1846) that would later become Arizona === | ||
Spain laid claim to much of the land in present day | Spain laid claim to much of the land in the present day southwestern US. Because of the great distances and the hostilities of the Indian tribes, Spanish rule was only extended to the southern portion of present day Arizona, and at times not even that much. Tucson was the only permanent town established. | ||
Spain establish the practice of giving land grants to encourage settlement on the fringes of their rule. Mexico continued this practice. All Spanish and Mexican land grants | Spain establish the practice of giving land grants to encourage settlement on the fringes of their rule. Mexico continued this practice. All Spanish and Mexican land grants were located in the Gadsden Purchase. If you stand in downtown Tucson and and look to the southeast corner of present day Arizona, then turn 90 degrees to your right along the border. All of these Spanish and Mexican Land Grants are located in that triangle. | ||
1820 - The San Ignacio de la Canoa Grant. Two brothers petitioned the governor of Sonora/Sinaloa for four leagues (sitios) to raise cattle and horses. Title was issued by Mexico in 1849 and Court of Private Land Claims confirmed the grant in 1899. This land grand was located on both sides of Interstate 19 south of Green Valley (that town is in the northwest corner of the grant). | 1820 - The San Ignacio de la Canoa Grant. Two brothers petitioned the governor of Sonora/Sinaloa for four leagues (sitios) to raise cattle and horses. Title was issued by Mexico in 1849 and Court of Private Land Claims confirmed the grant in 1899. This land grand was located on both sides of Interstate 19 south of Green Valley (that town is in the northwest corner of the grant). | ||
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1827 - The San Ignacio del Babocomari Grant looks on a map like a twenty miles long boomerang north and west of Fort Huachuca. The petitioners paid in 1827 all of $380 for the nearly fifty-three square miles of the grant. | 1827 - The San Ignacio del Babocomari Grant looks on a map like a twenty miles long boomerang north and west of Fort Huachuca. The petitioners paid in 1827 all of $380 for the nearly fifty-three square miles of the grant. | ||
1827 - The San Juan de las Boquillas y Nogales Grant is located along the San Pedro River west of Tombstone. | 1827 - The San Juan de las Boquillas y Nogales Grant is located along the San Pedro River west of Tombstone. Title was issued in 1833 | ||
1827 - The San Rafael Grant | 1827 - The San Rafael del Valle Grant is adjoined to the San Juan grant on the south. Title was issued in 1832. The San Rafael Grant was at first rejected by Court of Private Land Claims, but the rejection was overturned in the U.S. Supreme Court. | ||
===New Mexico Territory land (from 1846 To 1863) that would later become Arizona === | ===New Mexico Territory land (from 1846 To 1863) that would later become Arizona === | ||