Rancho Cañada de Salsipuedes was a 6,656-acre (26.94 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day Santa Barbara County, California given in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Pedro Cordero.
He married Maria Dolores Claudia Quijada (1793-1843) of Rancho Bolsa de Chamisal in 1808.
[5] 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.
[8] Kays amassed a considerable fortune, owning at one time three ranchos; but he lost them in real-estate speculations.
Colonel W.W. Hollister and Thomas and Albert Dibblee purchased Rancho Cañada de Salsipuedes.