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| | Moraga, CA Relocation Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | He was a squatter from Tennessee whose ranch was in today's Sanders Ranch.When California became a State in 1850, all the land grants had to be confirmed by the new state. |
 | | With the Gold rush came many settlers, who were squatters on the Rancho and this led to much trouble for the Moragas.A dishonest, land-hungry attorney from Oakland, Horace Walpole Carpentier, using all his legal knowledge, retained ownership of the rancho by 1886. |
 | | The naive, illiterate Moragas had lost their rancho.By 1912, the bulk of the rancho was purchased by James Irvine. |
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