sentences:  Large portions of this virgin-forested area were given out as Rancho Carbonera, Rancho Zayante and Rancho Cañada del Rincon en el Rio San Lorenzo.These "gifted" land grants were the start of European settlement in the area that is now known as Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park.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.