William Benitz
Maps of Ranchos

Map Cal-1

WB’s Ranchos
Northern California, USA

Rancho de Breisgau / Rancho Bresgau

(Shasta Co., ≈15,300 acres /  ≈6,200 hec.; WBz: 1844 - ca.1850)

Map RB-1

Rancho de Breisgau
Diseño by W. Benitz, 1844
(Courtesy of the Bancroft Library,
Berkeley, Calif., USA)

Map RB-2

Rancho Bresgau
(Depicted on a modern map)

Rancho de Hermann / German Rancho

(Sonoma Co., patented 1872 at 17,580 acres / 7,110 hec.
WBz shared: 11,000+ acres / 4,450+ hec., 1846 - 1853)

Map RH-1

Rancho de Hermann
Diseño by W. Benitz. 1845
(Courtesy of the Bancroft Library,
Berkeley, Calif., USA)

Map RH-2

German Rancho
Sonoma Co. Map of 1877, Page 1
(Source: Sonoma Co. Recorder’s Office
Santa Rosa, Calif., 2003)

Rancho de Muniz & Fort Ross

(R.Muniz: Sonoma Co., patented 1860 at 17,760 acres / 7,190 hec.
WBz leased: 1845 - 1851, owned: 1851 - 1867)

Map RM-1

Rancho de Muniz
Diseño presented by Manuel Torres, 1844
Fort Ross (not shown) is to the north-west (left) of Rancho de Muniz.
(Courtesy of the Bancroft Library, Berkeley, Calif., USA)

Map RM-2

Plat of the “Muniz Rancho”
US Survey, 1859
(Source: Sonoma Co. Recorder’s Office
Santa Rosa, Calif., 2015)

Map RM-3

Fort Ross (excerpted)
Plat of the “Muniz Rancho”
US Survey, 1859
(Courtesy of Glenn Farris)

Map RM-4

‘German Rancho’ & ‘Muniz or Fort’
Sonoma Co. Map of 1863
(Source: Sonoma Co. Recorder’s Office
Santa Rosa, Calif., 2003)

Map RM-5

‘German Rancho’ & ‘Muniz Rancho’
Sonoma Co. Map of 1877, Page 3
(Source: Sonoma Co. Recorder’s Office
Santa Rosa, Calif., 2003)

Map RM-6

Rancho de Muniz
Approximate boundaries,
drawn on a modern AAA map.
(Created by P. Benitz)

Smaller Holdings

Map SH-1

Town of Sonoma, 1877
William owned lots: 19, 34, & 199
(highlighted in red)
(Modified, from: Historical Atlas Map of Sonoma County,
by Thos. H. Thompson & Co., Oakland, Calif., 1877)