Rancho Laguna de los Palos Colorados
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Rancho Laguna de Los Palos Colorados was a 13,316-acre (53.89 km2) Mexican land grant in the Berkeley Hills (then called the Sierra de la Contra Costa, "Contra Costa Range") within present-day Contra Costa County, California.
It was given in 1841 by Governor Juan Alvarado to Joaquín Moraga and his cousin, Juan Bernal.[1] The name means "Ranch of the Lake of the Redwoods" in Spanish.
The rancho included the present-day Orinda, Lafayette and Moraga, as well as the communities of Canyon and Rheem.[2]