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2. Spanish missions in California - Wikipedia

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   California Senator William M. Gwin's Act of March 3, 1851 created the Public Land Commission, whose purpose was to determine the validity of Spanish and Mexican land grants in California. [119] On February 19, 1853 Archbishop Joseph Sadoc Alemany filed petitions for the return of all former mission lands in the state.

3. List of land-grant universities - Wikipedia

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   Alabama A&M University. Auburn University (designated as a land-grant college in 1872 under the name Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama) Tuskegee University (private) Though Alabama A&M is Alabama's official 1890 Morrill Act institution, the mission and unique history of Tuskegee are so similar to those of the 1890 institutions that ...

4. California Land Act of 1851 - Wikipedia

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   The California Land Act of 1851 (9 Stat. 631 ), enacted following the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the admission of California as a state in 1850, established a three-member Public Land Commission to determine the validity of prior Spanish and Mexican land grants. [ 1] It required landowners who claimed title under the Mexican government to ...

5. Ranchos of California - Wikipedia

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   Ranchos of California. The Spanish and Mexican governments made many concessions and land grants in Alta California (now known as California) and Baja California from 1775 [ 1] to 1846. The Spanish Concessions of land were made to retired soldiers as an inducement for them to settle in the frontier. These Concessions reverted to the Spanish ...

6. Hispanic-serving institution - Wikipedia

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   A Hispanic-serving institution ( HSI) is defined in U.S. federal law as an accredited, degree-granting, public or private nonprofit institution of higher education with 25% or higher total undergraduate Hispanic or Latino full-time equivalent (FTE) student enrollment. [ 1][ 2] In the 2021–22 academic year, 572 institutions met the federal ...

7. List of ranchos of California - Wikipedia

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   List of ranchos of California. These California land grants were made by Spanish (1784–1821) and Mexican (1822–1846) authorities of Las Californias and Alta California to private individuals before California became part of the United States of America. [ 1] Under Spain, no private land ownership was allowed, so the grants were more akin to ...