. History of Pomona Valley, California, with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the valley who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present .. . sh governors had made to Verdugo, Dominguez, Nieto, Yorbaand Arguello, imperial counties in extent and resource, but yet thousands ofsquare leagues, where large estates might be established. There was Don AntonioMaria Lugo, so well known and popular, whose services both to Spanish andMexican governors had been rewarded by grants of large tracts of land. To besure, he was a man of power and
. History of Pomona Valley, California, with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the valley who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present .. . sh governors had made to Verdugo, Dominguez, Nieto, Yorbaand Arguello, imperial counties in extent and resource, but yet thousands ofsquare leagues, where large estates might be established. There was Don AntonioMaria Lugo, so well known and popular, whose services both to Spanish andMexican governors had been rewarded by grants of large tracts of land. To besure, he was a man of power and influence, a brave soldier and a prominentSpanish gentleman; yet these caballeros, Palomares and Vejar, were also menof worth and had fought well for the government. Moreover, they believedthat a request of the Commissioner Juan B. Alvarado would be favorably the rich grazing land over which they had come during the afternoon wasyet outside of the grants already made. Don Antonio Lugo, it was said, hadpetitioned for more land farther east, but this was still open and it seemed tobe good grazing land. Here by the hills the stream from the cienegas promisedan abundance of water for DON RICARDO VEJAR
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