Title supplied by cataloger. Under the Mexican rule, which started in 1822, Rancho San Pascual was deeded to Manuel Garfias, a poor but gallant officer of Governor Manuel Michaeltorena's staff, on November 28, 1843. In 1852 Garfias constructed an elaborate adobe manor on the east bank of the Arroyo Seco at the colossal cost of $5,000. But Garfias was a poor manager of his rancho, and little by little he sold portions of San Pascual for $3 an acre, as well as borrowing $3,000 in order to finance the building of a new hacienda. Eventually, the amount of Garfias' debt tripled and he defaulted on his loan. On January 1859, Garfias lost the ranch by foreclosure and the adobe eventually fell in ruins. Years later, Garfias was appointed the United States Consul at Mazatl´an, M´exico, where he spent the remainder of his life. View of what was once Manuel Garfias' adobe, constructed in 1852 and which was located in Rancho San Pascual. It was lost by foreclosure, after which the adobe fell in ruins, as shown in this picture taken in 1884.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 17 cm. on board 21 x 17 cm. Photographic prints
Adobe houses--California--South Pasadena Dwellings--California--South Pasadena South Pasadena Cultural Heritage Landmarks Rancho San Pascual (Calif.) South Pasadena (Calif.)
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