Ysidro Reyes, half-owner of Rancho Boca de Santa Monica and descendant of Juan Francisco Reyes, circa 1853-1861

Title: Ysidro Reyes, half-owner of Rancho Boca de Santa Monica and descendant of Juan Francisco Reyes, circa 1853-1861
Alternative title: Family and descendants of Juan Francisco Reyes, alcalde, 1793-1795.
Date Created: [circa 1853-1861]
Date: 1853/1861
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description: Ysidro Reyes, son of Juan Francisco Reyes, acquired half of the Mexican Land Grant called the Rancho Boca de Santa Monica (present day Santa Monica Canyon, the Pacific Palisades, and parts of Topanga Canyon).
Juan Francisco Reyes, was a mulatto settler from Mexico who arrived shortly after the original settlers of 1781. In 1784, he received the Spanish Crown’s land-grant for Rancho Los Encinos. After selling it back, he received the land grant for Lompoc. He became the first alcalde (mayor) of the Los Angeles pueblo in 1790.
Caption: Photo label: Ysidro Reyes. "Lived at Santa Monica Canyon and his father worked a large tract of land extending to what is now Hollywood. He was sent by his father to the Brea Tar Pits to sell tar to the Los Angeles people who used it for their roofs. Photo is from: Chas. Prudhomme [Charles J. Prudhomme (1854-1934) collection of historic Los Angeles photographs, California Historical Society, Huntington Library]