by J. J. Bowden Pinito Pino instituted suit[1] against the United States in the Court of Private Land Claims on March 2 1893, in an effort to obtain the recognition of the Hacienda del Alamo Grant under which he claimed an interest by inheritance and purchase. He alleged that the grant had been given to Jose Reano by the Spanish officials sometime before 1714. He described the grant as follows: Commencing at the point of Pena Blanca; thence in a southerly direction about eight miles and through Bonanza and Cerrito de Piedra to a point called San Marcos; thence easterly … Continue reading Hacienda del Alamo Grant