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Rancho Guejito (pronounced gay-HEE-to) is a Mexican land grant in Southern California, approximately seven miles east of Escondido. It is among the last Mexican land grants (along with Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores) still a single parcel of land. ==History== In 1845, the Rancho Guejito y Cañada de Palomia was granted by Mexican Governor Pio Pico to customs inspector and Justice of the Peace José María Orozco. Subsequent owners purchased adjacent properties, expanding the total acreage to about . The rancho was nearly purchased in the 1970s by the State of California for $10 million. However, the purchase was vetoed by the governor. In 1974, industrialist Benjamin Coates purchased the land for $10 million. Since then, the land has remained mostly undeveloped and used as a cattle ranch. After Coates died in 2004, ownership of the land passed to The Rodney Company, headed by Coates's daughter Theodate Coates. Between 2003 and 2007, approximately 93 percent of the area was burned in several wildfires. An October 22, 2007 fire that began on the tract was dubbed the "Guejito Fire." That blaze burned homes in Rancho Bernardo and resulted in two deaths.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fast-acting blaze took fire officials by surprise )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rancho Guejito」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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