Rancho_Cañada_de_Los_Osos
Rancho Cañada de Los Osos
Land grant in California
Rancho Cañada de los Osos (Valley of the Bears) was a 23,574.2-acre (95.401 km2) Mexican land grant in Los Osos Valley in present-day San Luis Obispo County, California.
Rancho Cañada de Los Osos was granted by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to Victor Linares, in 1842. The Cañada de Los Osos grant extended from the Pacific Coast, along Los Osos Creek and the Los Osos Valley to almost present-day San Luis Obispo, and southward encompassed, Los Osos, Montaña de Oro State Park north of Islay Creek and the northern Irish Hills.[1]