Manuel Dominguez - Juan Jose Dominguez

Juan Jose Dominguez

Juan Jose Dominguez (1736–1809), a Spanish soldier, arrived at and founded the Presidio of San Diego, California in 1769 with Fernando Rivera y Moncada. Dominguez served with Gaspar de Portolà and Junípero Serra on the first European land exploration of California, the Portolà expedition. It traveled north to the San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles Basin, San Fernando Valley, Monterey Bay, and the first European sighting of the San Francisco Bay.

In 1784, Juan Jose Dominguez received a land grant grazing concession, 75,000 acres (300 km2) of land and one of the first in California, by the upper Las Californias military Governor Pedro Fages on behalf of Spanish King Carlos III named Rancho San Pedro. It included what today is the entire Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro, Harbor City, Wilmington, Carson, Compton, Dominguez Hills, Lomita, the Palos Verdes Peninsula, Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, and Torrance.

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