by J. J. Bowden Luisa Chavez and Juan B. Nieto, as heirs and legal representatives of Miguel de Alire, filed suit[1]  in the Court of Private Land Claims on March 2, 1893, seeking the confirmation of the Alamo Grant which allegedly had been granted to Alire sometime prior to May 18, 1769. They described the grant as containing about 2,000 acres and being bounded: On the north, by the Camino de Curros; on the east, by the lands granted to Antonio Armijo at the mouth of the Cañada de los Pinos; on the south, by the heights of the Arroyo … Continue reading Alamo Grant