VOLUNTARILY DONATED (DONATIVO) TO SUPPORT
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
HE WAS A SPANISH SOLDIER AT THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PRESIDIO OF LORETO AND A CORPORAL OF THE MISSION SAN GABRIEL GUARDS.
IN 1784, KING CARLOS III OF SPAIN GRANTED
JOSE MARIA VERDUGO 36,402 ACRES FOR HIS MILITARY SERVICES.
IT BECAME RANCHO SAN RAFAEL.
DON JOSE MARIA VERDUGO
REVOLUTIONARY WAR PATRIOT
MARKER PLACED BY
DON JOSE VERDUGO CHAPTER
NATIONAL SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
DATE
CATALINA VERDUGO ADOBE REPRESENTS THE
LAST REMNANT OF THIS ONCE VAST RANCHO.
12 x 16
DRAFT
Exhibit #1