Rancho Rio de los Putos

Not to be confused with Rancho Rio de los Americanos or Rio Rancho, New Mexico.

Rancho Rio de los Putos, (Wolfskill Grant) was a 17,755-acre (71.85 km2) Mexican land grant in the western Sacramento Valley, within present-day Solano County and Yolo County, California.

It was given in 1842 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to William Wolfskill.[1]

The grant extended along both banks of Putah Creek (formerly Rio Los Putos) and encompassed present day Winters.[2][3] On current maps, the four leagues include 10,750 acres (43.5 km2) on the south side of Putah Creek in Solano County, and 7,005 acres (28.3 km2) on the north side of Putah Creek in Yolo County.

  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 Rio de los Putos
  3. ^ The Wolfskill Rancho, Rio de los Putos by Henry Hancock