Rancho Cañada del Hambre y Las Bolsas
Mexican land grant in what is now Contra Costa County, California / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rancho Cañada del Hambre y Las Bolsas was a 13,354-acre (54.04 km2) Mexican land grant in present day northwestern Contra Costa County, California.
It was given in 1842 by Governor Juan Alvarado to Teodora Soto.[1] The grant consisted of "Cañada del Hambre" which means "Valley of Hunger" in Spanish, and "Las Bolsas del Hambre" which refers to "pockets" of land.
The rancho extended from present day Crockett to Martinez and south to Lafayette.[2]