Rancho El Chorro

For other uses, see Chorro.

Rancho El Chorro (also called Rancho Cañada del Chorro) was a 3,167-acre (12.82 km2) Mexican land grant in present day San Luis Obispo County, California given in 1845 by Governor Pío Pico to business partners James (Diego) Scott and John (Juan) Wilson. [1] The grant between Morro Bay and San Luis Obispo extended along the north bank of Chorro Creek.[2]

  1. ^ Ogden Hoffman, 1862, Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Numa Hubert, San Francisco
  2. ^ Diseño del Rancho El Chorro surveyed by William Rich Hutton