by J. J. Bowden The history of the Rancho de Ysleta Grant commences on July 9, 1828, when the inhabitants of the Pueblo of San Antonio de Ysleta petitioned Jose Antonio Arce, Governor of Chihuahua, for a grant covering the lands located in the vicinity of Sierra Alta, which they had utilized for a number of years as community pasture. The petitioners directed the governor’s attention to the fact that the original town grant given to their pueblo in 1751, and confirmed in 1825, had become insufficient since all of those lands had been appropriated and placed under cultivation. They … Continue reading Rancho de Ysleta Grant