Rancho La Presa 24°52.22', 111°03.30' (NAD27)

Baja history buff and INAH authorized photographer Jack Swords has returned to the old ranch of La Presa, once owned by Fernando de la Toba. De La Toba served as colonial governor of peninsular (Baja) California in 1821* (* page 314, 'A History of Lower California' by Pablo Martinez).

La Presa almost 50 years ago...

Photo by Howard Gulick appears in the 1956 Lower California Guidebook.

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