Rancho Potrero y Rincón de San Pedro Regalado

Rancho Potrero Y Rincon de San Pedro Regalado was one of the smallest Mexican land grants in Alta California.

The low-lying river bottom north of the hill where mission buildings were constructed became the potrero, a protected pasture area where livestock other than free-ranging cattle were kept.

The potrero was a relatively small flat area enclosed between steep hills and the river (a geographical form often referred to in early California as a rincón).

Farnham died in San Francisco, in 1848, without ever taking possession of the land, but his widow Eliza moved west from New York the following year and decided to remain.

Renaming the tract El Rancho La Libertad, Eliza Farnham attempted to establish a farm and build a house.

Only a year later, Thomas Russell was murdered in a case that was never solved, and the land passed to his son Alexander before the grant was finally patented in 1859.