Forster vs. Pico: The Struggle for the Rancho Santa Margarita

by Paul Bryan Gray

Book Overview

During 1873 a jury trial took place in San Diego to decide whether Pio Pico, the last Mexican governor of California, had been the victim of a fraud by his brother-in-law, John Forster.

Pico claimed title to the huge Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores land grant in southern California, located approximately 208 square miles north of San Diego on the California coastline, and today occupied by Camp Pendleton.

Pico's battle to retain...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870622714
• ISBN13: 9780870622717
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Arthur H. Clark Company
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.8" x 9.8"