Rancho Pastoria de las Borregas

Rancho Pastoría de las Borregas was a 9,066-acre (36.69 km2) Mexican land grant in present day Santa Clara County, California, United States, given in 1842 by Governor Juan Alvarado to Francisco Estrada.

The rancho lands encompassed the present day cities of Sunnyvale and Mountain View.

[8][9] 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 Pastoría de las Borregas was filed by Mariano Castro with the Public Land Commission in 1852,[10][11] and the grant was patented for 4,172 acres (16.9 km2)in 1881.

[12] A claim was filed by Murphy, Jr. with the Land Commission in 1852,[13] and the grant was patented for 4,894 acres (19.8 km2) in 1865.