sentences:  On July 1, 1810, the land later named Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana was granted to José Antonio Yorba and his nephew Pablo Peralta by Governor José Joaquín de Arrillaga on behalf of the Spanish Government.This was the only land grant in present-day Orange County given under Spanish Rule which were rare during this time.This was only two and a half months before the start of the war for Mexican Independence (1810–1821).