USA Catalina Island Avalon Harbor Black and White BW Sailboats Cruise Ship and Yachts Moored Panorama
Santa Catalina Island was awarded by Mexican Governor Pio Pico to Thomas Robbins as a land grant in 1846 just four days before the United States invaded California Robbins was a naturalized Mexican citizen who had been living in California for about 20 years and had performed various services for the government mainly as a ship captain Paying for services with land was customary but ownership was provisional To maintain his title the grantee had to use the land Robbins established a small rancho on the Island but sold it in 1850 to Jose Maria Covarrubias just two years after California became a part of the United States as the result of the Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo
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Location: USA Catalina Island Avalon Harbor
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