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For $380 on December 25, 1832, Ignacio Elias and his sister Eulalia purchased 123,068 acres of rangeland stretching almost to the San Pedro River on the east and to the Canelo Hills and Sonoita Creek on the west. Only 34,707 acres was allowed by the U.S. Court of private land claims -- the largest land grant approved in Arizona...Arizona Development Board, Arizona Highway Department, 1964


AZ-010 Mexican Land Grant San Ignacia del Babocomari
For $380 on December 25, 1832, Ignacio Elias and his sister Eulalia purchased 123,068 acres of rangeland stretching almost to the San Pedro River on the east and to the Canelo Hills and Sonoita Creek on the west. Only 34,707 acres was allowed by the U.S. Court of private land claims -- the largest land grant approved in Arizona...Arizona Development Board, Arizona Highway Department, 1964


Location: AZ route 82, near mile 41, near Sonoita, Santa Cruz County Arizona United States of America
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