October 20 Ranchos in 1784 Rancho San Rafael, a 36,403-acre Spanish land grant, was deeded. Today it would include Glendale, Eagle Rock, La Canada, Montrose and Verdugo City. Disease in 1850 Cholera killed 15% of Sacramento’s population in some three weeks. Highways in 1929 Bayshore Highway, part of U.S. Roltue 101, opened in San Francisco. […]