RANCHO PUNTA DE LAGUNA
LAMBERT M. SURHONE, MARIAM T. TENNOE, SUSAN F. HENSSONOW
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Rancho Punta de Laguna was a 26,648-acre (107.84 km2) Mexican land grant in present day northern Santa Barbara County, California and southern San Luis Obispo County given in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Luis Arellanes and Emigdio Miguel Ortega.
The name of this rancho means "point of the lagoon" and refers to the irregular lake lying within its territory.
The grant is east of Rancho Guadalupe and encompassed present day Santa Maria and Betteravia.
uis Arellanes and Emigdio Miguel Ortega were granted the six square league Rancho Punta de Laguna in 1844.
Emigdio Miguel Ortega (1813-1893), son of Juan Capistrano Martin Ortega (1776-1818) and Maria Rafela Arellanes (1790-), married Maria Concepcion Jacinta Dominguez (1817-) in 1836.
