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San Leandro California News
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City of San Leandro San Leandro was first discovered
on March 20, 1772 by Spanish soldier Captain Pedro Fages and the Spanish Catholic priest
Father Crespi. Forty-eight years later, to increase settlement and strengthen their claim
to the Bay Area, the Spanish gave to retired Spanish soldier Don Luis Maria Peralta a
43,000 acre land grant which he named Rancho San Antonio. In 1842, Don Jose Joaquin
Estudillo, also a retired Spanish soldier, was granted 7,000 acres of land in the San
Leandro area, which he named Rancho San Leandro.
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