May 10 Ranchos in 1837  Rancho Punta de la Concepción was deeded. The Mexican land grant covering 24,992 acres in today’s Santa Barbara County belonged to Mission La Purísima Concepción. The rancho stretched along the coast from Point Arguello south to Cojo Creek, east of Point Conception. Overland Journeys in 1846  The Donner and Reed wagons reached […]