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Title
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El Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe, 1777-1848
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Description
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In 1776, the Spanish king sent Captain Juan Bautista de Anza on an expedition to lead settlers from New Spain to California. Stopping first in Monterey, De Anza continued north to establish the Presidio of San Francisco and Mission San Francisco de Asís. In 1777, Governor Felipe de Neve, the Presidio’s commandant, ordered 68 residents to establish Alta California’s first pueblo, Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe, named after the Catholic Saint Joseph and the Guadalupe River, where it was originally located. In 1791 due to flooding the pueblo was moved to a plateau (now Market Street Plaza).
Each pueblo attracted pobladores (settlers) with small land grants of four square leagues (a league being about 4,228 acres) for housing, crop farming, and cattle grazing. Soldiers or settlers could also receive small lots or solares just outside the pueblo. The nearby presidio commander controlled the state-owned land used for livestock or farming. Each pueblo was governed by an alcalde (a combination of a judge and a mayor) assisted by the ayuntamiento (city council), whose offices were located in the juzgado (jail, town hall and courthouse).
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Scholar Talk
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https://vimeo.com/811441524/7d36224748
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https://vimeo.com/811441775/d48ed757da
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https://vimeo.com/811441845/09fa2c7102
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Identifier
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B4SV Exhibit Topic One: Slide 005
