Mexican land grant in modern day San Bernardino county, California
In 1839, Antonio María Lugo was granted the right to settle the San Bernardino Valley. In 1842, he convinced Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado to grant Rancho San Bernardino to his four heirs.
^Ogden Hoffman, 1862, Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Numa Hubert, San Francisco