Rancho Agua Hedionda
1842 Mexican land grant / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rancho Agua Hedionda was a 13,311-acre (53.87 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day San Diego County, California given in 1842 by Governor Juan Alvarado to Juan María Marrón.[1] The name means "stinking water" in Spanish.[2] The grant extended south along the Pacific Coast from present day Carlsbad to Leucadia. The grant surrounded Agua Hedionda Lagoon.[3]
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