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Rancho Suscol was an Mexican land grant in present day Napa County, California and Solano County, California given in 1843 by governor Manuel Micheltorena to General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo.〔Ogden Hoffman, 1862, ''Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California'', Numa Hubert, San Francisco〕 In a significant land law decision, the land claim was rejected by the US Supreme Court in 1862.〔Paul W. Gates, 2002,''Land and Law in California: Essays on Land Policies'',Purdue University Press,ISBN 978-1-55753-273-2〕 Rancho Suscol extended from Rancho Petaluma on the west, south down to the San Francisco Bay and Mare Island and Carquinez Strait, and then to Rancho Suisun on the east. It included present day cities of Vallejo and Benicia.〔(Diseño del Rancho Suscol )〕 ==History== In 1835, the Mexican Government gave Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo control of some newly secularized land. The Rancho Nacional Suscol was a national ranch under his control, heavily stocked with cattle and horses. Aiding Vallejo in various battles in exchange for cattle and other goods, Patwin populated this land living along the banks of Suscol Creek.〔David Gardener, 1977, ''Suscol in Napa County: An Historic Report 1835-1977'', San Francisco: California Historical Society〕 In March, 1843 Vallejo paid the government $5,000 for the support of the governor's troops and in return he was granted the 18 leagues Rancho Suscol by Mexican governor Micheltorena. Vallejo also received a confirming document (later considered to be a forgery by the US Supreme Court) signed by Pio Pico in 1845. 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 the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho Suscol was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1853. The land grant was confirmed by the Land Commission and on appeal by the District Court,〔(United States. District Court (California : Northern District) 318 )〕 but rejected by the US Supreme Court in 1862 on want of authority in the Mexican government to make it.〔(United States v. Vallejo, 66 U.S. 1 Black 541 541 (1861) )〕 As the grant was rejected, there is no official area of the grant. The grant was for approximately 18 square leagues, and the area discussed in the Supreme Court documents is . Vallejo sold Rancho Suscol to his son-in-law, John B. Frisbie, who was married to Vallejo’s oldest daughter, Epifania, (also known as Fannie). Frisbie sold portions of the tract to San Francisco investors who were primarily interested in speculating on the growth of Benicia, Vallejo and the Mare Island Naval Shipyard. When the grant was rejected, the land immediately became public domain under the California Land Act of 1851,and available for homesteaders. Within a year more than 250 people claimed plots in accordance with federal homestead law. 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 Suscol」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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