Rancho Tecate, or Rancho Cañada de Tecate was a land grant made to Juan Bandini in 1829, by the Mexican governor of Alta California, José María de Echeandía.
[1] A grant to Juan Bandini is recorded as being completed for Rancho Cañada de Tecate on July 12, 1834, under governor José Figueroa.
This trail passed through Ranchos Tijuana, San Isidro Ajajolojol and finally Tecate.
In 1836, the mountain dwelling Kumeyaay with some aid from some former mission neophytes, raided and plundered the rancho.
[3][4] Due to the continuing hostilities with the Kumeyaay, Bandini never returned, being compensated with Rancho Jurupa, in 1838.