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History of St. Francis Retreat San Justo Rancho - Rancho was one of three ranches attached to San Juan Bautista. It covered 28,000 acres.

After the decree of secularization in 1832, when the mission lands and cattle were confiscated, General Jose Castro obtained San Justo Rancho from the Mexican Government.

Francisco P. Pacheco bought the rancho from Castro for the Sum of $1,400.00. In October 1855 Pacheco sold the Rancho to Flint, Bixby and Co., for $25,000.00. Flint Bixby and Co., in turn sold about 21,000 acres to Colonel Hollister. (By this time the Rancho had grown to about 35,000 acres).

Brief History of San Benito County - In 1839, the Rancho San Justo, a 34,620 acre Mexican land grant, was given to Jose Castro by Governor Juan B. Alvarado. Jose Castro then sold Rancho San Justo to Don Francisco Perez Pacheco for $1400 in 1850, the same year California became a state. In 1853, two sheep drives started for California from the East. See also William Welles Hollister.