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WATSON LAND COMPANY: OVER TWO CENTURIES OF STEWARDSHIP
Watson Land Company’s rich history reaches back more than 200 years to the Rancho San Pedro the first land grant given to a a a a private citizen in California In 1784 King Carlos III of Spain granted the 75 000 acre Rancho San Pedro tract
to Spanish soldier Juan José Dominguez Today’s communities of Carson Dominguez Hills San Pedro Harbor City Wilmington Compton Lomita the Palos Verdes Peninsula Redondo Beach Beach Hermosa Beach Beach Manhattan Beach Torrance and the entire Port of Los Angeles as as well as as the Port Long Beach now occupy the Rancho San Pedro
