Salvio Pacheco

Don Juan Salvio Pacheco II (1793–1876) was a Californio politician, ranchero and soldier.

[1] He was named after his grandfather, Juan Salvio Pacheco I, who came to California as part of the Anza Expedition of 1776.

[1] In 1834, Pacheco was granted Rancho Monte del Diablo, a vast estate in Contra Costa.

[4] In 1869, Pacheco founded the town of Todos Santos (today known as Concord, California).

In 2018, a statue of Pacheco was inaugurated in Concord's Plaza de Todos Santos.