sentences:  In 1843, the Mexican Government granted a parcel of under the name of Rancho Cañada del Rincon en el Rio San Lorenzo de Santa Cruz to a French immigrant named Pedro Sansevain.This grant essentially encompassed what is today known as the Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park.After a few transfers of land over about twenty years, the granted Rancho Cañada del Rincon ended up in the hands of Henry Cowell.