John Marsh territory, the north eastern edge of the Rancho Los Meganos land grant. In the 1830’s Don Juan Marsh appropriated it for $500, after becoming a Mexican Citizen, the good doctor was baptized Catholic, and then made a fortune. He was one of the wealthiest ranch owners in the state, herding several thousand head each year to the butcher in San Francisco. Murrieta’s gang of vaqueros knew this land as if they were born there, the grassy knolls were the perfect pasture, and the oak trees the perfect place for a siesta.