California History Timeline, December 20 to December 27

December 20 Ranchos in 1844 Rancho Rio de los Molinos, a 22,172-acre Mexican land grant in present day Tehama County was deeded. It extended along the east side of the Sacramento River from Dye Creek to Toomes Creek, including present day Los Molinos. Overland Journeys in 1846 Patrick Breen, traveling with the Donner Party, wrote in […]