Rancho El Rincón was a 4,431-acre (17.93 km) Mexican land grant in present-day San Bernardino County and Riverside County, California given in 1839 to Juan Bandini by Governor Juan Alvarado . El rincón means "the corner" in Spanish . The grant, located south of present-day Chino , was bounded on the east by Rancho Jurupa , on the south by the Santa Ana River , on the west by Rancho Cañón de Santa Ana , and extending northerly from the river one league . The rancho lands include Prado Regional Park .
15-562: The one square league Rancho El Rincón was granted to Juan Bandini by Governor Alvarado in 1839. Juan Bandini sold the rancho to Bernardo Yorba . Bernardo Yorba was the grantee of Rancho Cañón de Santa Ana and Rancho La Sierra . With the cession of California to the United States following the Mexican-American War , the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by
30-469: Is San Bernardino County Landmark 191. 33°56′24″N 117°40′12″W / 33.940°N 117.670°W / 33.940; -117.670 Bernardo Yorba Bernardo Yorba (August 20, 1800 – November 28, 1858) was a prominent Californio landowner, ranchero , politician, and public figure. He was one of the wealthiest men in early 19th-century California . Yorba also served as alcalde (mayor) of Santa Ana . The city of Yorba Linda
45-511: Is an unincorporated parcel of about 32.67 acres (132,200 m ) entirely surrounded by the city of Orange , located along Lincoln Avenue, between Eisenhower Park and Orange Olive Road. Members of the Tongva and Juaneño / Luiseño nations long inhabited this area. The village of Totpavit was located at what is now modern day Olive. After the 1769 expedition of Gaspar de Portolà , a Spanish expedition led by Father Junipero Serra , named
60-713: Is named after him. Born to José Antonio Yorba , a member of the Portolà expedition , Yorba was one of California's largest landowners and most successful ranchers, with thousands of cattle and horses grazing on land grants totaling more than 35,000 acres. Bernado Yorba managed his holdings from the Hacienda de San Antonio , the principal hacienda of the Yorba family. Bernardo Yorba was born on August 20, 1800, in San Diego. Other sources list his birth on August 4, 1801. Bernardo
75-453: The Anaheim border. It is set on a small berm about 50 feet (15 m) which is higher than the surrounding area of land. Olive was founded in 1887 by a developer in the olive industry. Since the community's creation, many of Olive's original 63 lots have been subdivided and are now at least 1 ⁄ 4 acre, in keeping with county code for the area. With 258 residents, Olive is among
90-543: The Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana . After the Mexican-American War , Alta California was ceded to the United States by Mexico with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, and many Californios lost the title to their lands . In 1875, when American settlers were considering naming the town they had founded Richland, Olive was one of the proposed names, along with Lemon, Walnut, and eventually Orange
105-724: The Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho El Rincon was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1853, and the grant was patented to Bernardo Yorba in 1879. A village called Rincón developed near the river crossing on the Santa Ana River, near the upper mouth of the canyon cut by the river between the Chino Hills and the mountains to the south. It had a post office from December 12, 1870, to August 24, 1874, and from November 19, 1887, to April 11, 1907. At
120-670: The area Vallejo de Santa Ana (Valley of Saint Anne). On November 1, 1776, Mission San Juan Capistrano became the area's first permanent European settlement in Alta California , New Spain . In 1801, the Spanish Empire granted 62,500 acres (253 km ) to Jose Antonio Yorba , which he named Rancho San Antonio. Yorba's great Rancho included the lands where the cities of Olive, Orange , Villa Park , Santa Ana , Tustin , Costa Mesa , and Newport Beach stand today. Smaller ranchos evolved from this large rancho including
135-803: The first house at the Yorba Slaughter Adobe site in 1851. The structure burned and was replaced by the present structure in 1852–53. The property was purchased in 1868 by Fenton M. Slaughter, an American born in Virginia in 1826, a veteran of the Mexican-American War of 1846, and later a blacksmith, surveyor, and sheep and cattle broker in the Los Angeles area. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in San Bernardino County, California , it
150-634: The request of the Santa Fe Railway , which already had stops in several towns also named Rincón, the name of the town and post office was changed to Prado ("meadow") in 1907. This new post office operated until May 31, 1935, when it was consolidated with Corona. Following the destruction of much of the town and local farms in the Flood of 1938, the village of Prado was removed during the building of Prado Dam in 1941. Yorba-Slaughter Adobe . Bernardo Yorba's son, Raymundo (also spelled Raimundo) built
165-576: The smallest "island communities" in Orange County to be recognized with a name of reputation. The area lacks sidewalks and its many pre-1930s houses are set deep on their lots. Because Olive is small in size, there is no through traffic in the community, keeping the area convenient for its residents. The only signage identifying the community is the entrance that reads "Olive Heights" at the corner of Palm and Lincoln Avenues. Students who live there attend Olive Elementary, which closed temporarily in
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#1732776879026180-527: Was around this time that the family moved to the rancho near present-day Olive, California , in Orange County . In 1834, Bernardo was granted the 13,328-acre (53.94 km ) Rancho Cañón de Santa Ana . It was shortly after this that Bernardo began construction of a large adobe house, the Bernardo Yorba Hacienda . Bernardo was elected to serve as Juez de Campo and Auxiliary Alcade several times (1833, 1836, 1840, and 1844). In 1846, he
195-512: Was chosen because Richland was already a city in California. When the city was named Orange, California , the other three names were assigned to streets in the new town. Orange Olive Road roughly bisects the Olive community. The community of Olive, California is located in the northern portion of the city of Orange and is 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Anaheim Hills . It is also in proximity to
210-879: Was granted Rancho La Sierra . In 1858, At the age of 58, Bernardo Yorba died leaving behind a large and prosperous rancho and many children. Some sources list his death on November 28, 1858. Other sources list his death on October 21, 1858. He was interred in the old Calvary Cemetery in Los Angeles. He left the land for a cemetery, the Yorba Cemetery, in his will but it was not ready for a burial until 1862. He and nine of his family members remained at Calvary until 1923 when they were all moved and reinterred at Yorba Cemetery . He married his first wife, Maria de Jesus Alvarado, in 1819. After her death, he married Felipa Dominguez in 1829, and after her death, Andrea Elizalde (Davila) in 1854. Olive, California Olive
225-557: Was the son of José Antonio Yorba , one of the first Spanish soldiers to arrive in California, and Maria Josefa Grijalva. Bernardo's childhood was spent in San Diego , where he attended a school kept by Franciscan Fathers . Jose Antonio Yorba had moved to the Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana , granted to him and his nephew Pablo Peralta, by Governor José Joaquín de Arrillaga on behalf of the Spanish Government in 1810. It
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