Garfias sold part of his interest to Benjamin Wilson in 1852 (he was the grandfather of WWII General George S. Pérez and Enrique Sepúlveda received it (1839), and after their death, Manuel Garfias claimed it and got the land grant in 1843 from the Mexican Governor Micheltorena.
The Rancho del Rincon de San Pascual (Saint Paschal's corner Ranch) covered 13,694 acres (5.540 ha) and was granted to Juan Marine in 1834 after his death to José (Mexico had become independent from Spain in 1821). The San Gabriel Mission was established close to the mountains in 1771 and owned a vast tract of land which was nationalized by the Mexican government in the 1830s They called them 'Gabrieleños' or 'Gabrielinos', after the mountains. Paleoindians settled in the San Gabriel Mountains' foothills some ten thousand years ago and their descent, the 'Tongva' natives were encountered by the Spanish when
nowadays View of the Downtown Pasadena along Colorado Blvd.
