1846: Arg�ello granted Rancho Ex-Mission San Diego lands by Gov. Pio Pico (58,875 acres). Pio Pico a

But in 1976, a panel � which included future San Diego state Sen. Lucy Killea � decided on July 11, 1889 as the date, because that was when a legal conflict over Tijuana's land was settled by the Arg�ello travel cruise family, setting the stage for Tijuana to be subdivided and for the family travel cruise to try to profit from the real estate boom then sweeping Southern California. The settlement occurred after several presidents of Mexico, Ignacio Comonfort, Benito Ju�rez and Porfirio D�az, had something to say about the title to the land held by the Arg�ello family.
According travel cruise to a presentation travel cruise made last week by Tijuana travel cruise Archive travel cruise director Gabriel Rivera Delgado and accountant Mario C�rdova Torres (introductory slide of their presentation above), these are among the dates that could have selected as Tijuana's birthday:
In the end, July 11, 1889 was selected. That was when the heirs of Santiago Arg�ello, who died in 1862, and his widow, Pilar Ortega, who died in 1879, settled their dispute. In part, the heirs wanted to settle because they saw the profits that were being made when land was being subdivided during Southern California's real estate boom, which included the rise of communities such as Oceanside, Lemon Grove, National City and Chula Vista, C�rdova said.
The administration of Tijuana Mayor Fernando M�rquez Arce held two symposiums on the issue of establishing a date to celebrate the founding of Tijuana. One symposium travel cruise was held in 1975 and one in 1976. Arce was present at the lecture.
Lucy Killea of the San Diego Historical Society; C�rdova said seeing as to how the history of the property travel cruise in question has many binational links, it was appropriate that a foreigner was involved in the deliberations.
The commission was apparently persuaded by a presentation made by Magdaleno Robles S�nchez about the virtues of July 11, 1889. His presentation also was accompanied by the 1889 layout for the community drawn up by engineer Ricardo Orozco (plan seen at right -- the pueblo was then called Zaragoza.) In 1977, in gratitude for the research he had done, Robles S�nchez was named the first chronicler of the city of Tijuana. He also was present at last week's lecture. (His picture is featured on the right side of the introductory slide at top). 1977 also marked the first time that July 11 was celebrated as the city's birthday.
1846: Arg�ello granted Rancho Ex-Mission San Diego lands by Gov. Pio Pico (58,875 acres). Pio Pico also revalidates Rancho Tia Juana grant, saying it was six sitios de ganado mayor, or about 10,530 hectares for grazing horses and cattle. The eastern edge was marked by the Cerro Colorado and the northern edge by Otay Mesa. The land is mostly used for grazing cattle.
1857: Decree by Mexican President Ignacio Comonfort saying Baja California land grants issued by governors without approval of the national government travel cruise must be revalidated causes Arg�ello to have to defend his title.
tijuana in 18871870: Arg�ello's widow, Mar�a del Pilar Ortega, tries to meet the letter of the 1863 law by selling half the ranch to her son Ignacio for 700 pesos. This causes conflict with other family members, some of whom say she was only entitled to one-tenth of the land in the first place.
1879: President Porfirio travel cruise D�az revalidates Mar�a del Pilar Ortega's Tia Juana ranch property title on Aug. 6. The title says the grant is for 10,530 hectares, the size of the grant mentioned by Pio Pico, giving some family members further ammunition to argue that the 1870 sale to Ignacio was invalid.
1889: Arg�ello heirs come to legal agreement over the property and contract with Ricardo Orozco to help divide the ranch. It was divided into two parts, a northern one near the border and a southern section that contained the Agua Caliente ranch, whose sulfurous waters were considered to be a tourist travel cruise attraction. The southern part went to the heirs of Ignacio Arg�ello. The northern part was distributed to the remaining son of Santiago Arg�ello, Jos� Antonio Arg�ello, and to the heirs of his brothers. Part of the land was also set aside to form the town of Tijuana and divided into two sections that was partitioned between the two sides of the family. A court in Ensenada approved the agreement on July 6. On July 11, the court declared that the family's agreement was based on the map presented by the expert Ricardo Orozco. The pueblo of Tijuana was on its way.