Draft:Las Lajas Ranch

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Draft:Las Lajas Ranch

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Under the 1848 [[Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo]], which ended the [[Mexican–American War]], the United States agreed to honor Spanish and Mexican land grants in the trans-Nueces region.
Under the 1848 [[Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo]], which ended the [[Mexican–American War]], the United States agreed to honor Spanish and Mexican land grants in the trans-Nueces region.


In 1850, a commission led by William H. Bourland and James B. Miller reviewed claims across South Texas and confirmed numerous grants, including Porción 29.{{cite web |title=The Bourland Commission and Land Claims in Texas |website=Texas Day by Day |publisher=Texas State Historical Association |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/texas-day-by-day/entry/949 |access-date=2026-04-14}}
In 1850, a commission led by William H. Bourland and James B. Miller reviewed claims across South Texas and confirmed numerous grants, including Porción 29.{{cite web |title=The Bourland Commission and Land Claims in Texas |website=Texas Day by Day |publisher=Texas State Historical Association |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/texas-day-by-day/entry/949 |access-date=2026-04-14}}>{{cite journal |last1=Greaser |first1=Galen D. |last2=de la Teja |first2=Jesús F. |title=Quieting Title to Spanish and Mexican Land Grants in the Trans-Nueces: The Bourland and Miller Commission, 1850–1852 |journal=Southwestern Historical Quarterly |volume=95 |issue=4 |year=1992 |pages=445–464 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/30242000}}>


On February 10, 1852, the Texas Legislature confirmed numerous Spanish and Mexican land claims in South Texas, including grants reviewed through the Bourland–Miller process, and relinquished its rights to the lands therein.{{cite web |title=Mexican-American Land Grant Adjudication |website=Handbook of Texas Online |publisher=Texas State Historical Association |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/mexican-american-land-grant-adjudication |access-date=2026-04-14}}{{cite web |title=Sullivan v. Texas, 207 U.S. 416 (1908) |website=Justia U.S. Supreme Court Center |url=https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/207/416/ |access-date=2026-04-14}}
On February 10, 1852, the Texas Legislature confirmed numerous Spanish and Mexican land claims in South Texas, including grants reviewed through the Bourland–Miller process, and relinquished its rights to the lands therein.{{cite web |title=Mexican-American Land Grant Adjudication |website=Handbook of Texas Online |publisher=Texas State Historical Association |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/mexican-american-land-grant-adjudication |access-date=2026-04-14}}{{cite web |title=Sullivan v. Texas, 207 U.S. 416 (1908) |website=Justia U.S. Supreme Court Center |url=https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/207/416/ |access-date=2026-04-14}}


The scope of Porción 29 as confirmed under the Act of February 10, 1852, is reflected in a pair of 1853 surveys recorded in the land records of San Patricio County, Texas. File No. 458 documents the southwest half, and File No. 461 the northeast half, explicitly describing that tract as the one “upon which is located the ranch of ‘Las Lajas.’”
The scope of Porción 29 as confirmed under the Act of February 10, 1852, is reflected in a pair of 1853 surveys recorded in the land records of San Patricio County, Texas. File No. 458 documents the southwest half,>{{cite web |title=Porción 29, File No. 458 (San Patricio County Land Records, 1853) |publisher=Texas General Land Office |url=https://cdn.glo.texas.gov/ncu/SCANDOCS/archives_webfiles/arcmaps/webfiles/landgrants/PDFs/5/4/1/541269.pdf |access-date=2026-04-14}}> and File No. 461 the northeast half, explicitly describing that tract as the one “upon which is located the ranch of ‘Las Lajas.’”>{{cite web |title=Porción 29, File No. 461 (San Patricio County Land Records, 1853) |publisher=Texas General Land Office |url=https://cdn.glo.texas.gov/ncu/SCANDOCS/archives_webfiles/arcmaps/webfiles/landgrants/PDFs/5/4/1/541278.pdf |access-date=2026-04-14 |quote=...upon which is located the ranch of "Las Lajas."}}>


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