On July 17, 1873, Chain of title for Rancho Temecula and Rancho Pauba, ca.1920; http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/8375 Domingo Pujol, Francisco Sanjurjo, and Juan and Ezequiel Murrieta purchased the Rancho Pauba and Rancho Temecula Mexican land grants, comprising 52000 acres in the area.