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| | San Leandro, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) |
 | | 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 (174 km²) land grant which he named Rancho San Antonio. |
 | | In 1842, Don Jose Joaquin Estudillo, also a retired Spanish soldier, was granted 7,000 acres (28 km²) of land in the San Leandro area, which he named Rancho San Leandro. |
 | | In addition, the industrial makeup of the city has been changing, moving away from its traditional manufacturing base toward more of an emphasis on services and warehousing industries. |
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