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  1. Potrero

    Potrero may refer to Potrero landform Potrero, California Pasture See also Potrero Hill, San Francisco , a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, USA Potrero Chico , a rock climbing area in Mexico Potrero Point , a land mass extending into San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, California Point Potrero , Richmond, California Potrero Generating Station , an electricity generating station in Potrero Point, San Francisco Metro Potrero , a metro station on the Mexico City metro Potrero del Llano , an oil tanker now sunken Potrero Grande , a town in Panama Potrero Hills , a mountain range in Solano County, California San Jos del Potrero , a municipality in Honduras Chimayo, New Mexico or Potrero de Chimayo, a census designated place in New Mexico, USA disambig geo de Potrero es Potrero ...   more details



  1. Point Potrero

    About the point and hills in Richmond, California Potrero disambiguation Infobox landform name Point Potrero map California map width 250 map caption location of Point Potrero in California country United States state California location Contra Costa County, California Contra Costa County , California topo USGS Richmond lat d 37.9040920 long d 122.3663599 region US CA coords ref ref name gnis cite gnis id 253773 name Point Potrero accessdate 2009 05 04 ref Point Potrero is a point in San Pablo Bay forming a cape and hugging the Potrero Hills Richmond, California Potrero Hills in Richmond, California . ref name gnis The cape is covered with chaparral and lies between San Pablo Bay to the west and north, and Castro Cove to the east. The Chevron Richmond Refinery and Potrero Ridge lay just east of the point. Winehaven lies on its western slopes, and was once the largest winery in the United States. The area is currently isolated from the urban core and serves as habitat for deer and other creatures. The southern end of the ridge developed with many houses in the historic Point Richmond, Richmond, California Point Richmond neighborhood. Part of the western coast is part of Point Molate Regional Park . Notes Reflist Category Landforms of Contra Costa County, California Category Landforms of the San Francisco Bay Area Category Richmond, California Category Hills of California ContraCostaCountyCA geo stub ...   more details



  1. Potrero (landform)

    Other uses Potrero disambiguation Potrero A potrero is a long mesa that at one end slopes upward to higher terrain. This landform commonly occurs on the flanks of a mountain, as part of a dissected plateau . A loan word from Spanish language , potrero is in current use in the southwestern United States , where it is sometimes translated as tongue of land and enclosed piece of pasture land . Google Books ref John Peabody Harrington 1916 The Ethnogeography of the Tewa Indians , pages 29 618 in Twenty ninth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1907 1908 , Government Printing Office, Washington. Page 259. ref In Spanish language, however, the tongue of land sense is archaic. Also archaic is the related sense of potrero referring to someone who wrangles young horse s potros in Spanish kept as breeding stock not saddle or pack stock . In Spanish, the usual sense of potrero now refers to any land such as a ranch, open range , or community pasture where such horses are kept. Notable examples of potreros include some of the many mesas of the Pajarito Plateau near Santa Fe, New Mexico United States . Historically, these potreros were used as winter pasture for livestock horses, sheep, and cattle that were driven to and from lush summer pastures in the high grass valleys valles of the Valles Caldera . Today, these potreros are used in this manner by a large herd of elk . These potreros are natural enclosures, with only one principal exit the narrow connection to higher land. In Spain a potrero is common land in poor condition. References reflist wiktionarypar potrero topography stub Category Mesas Category Tables landform Category Mesas of New Mexico Category Erosion landforms Category Spanish loanwords es Potrero geomorfolog a ...   more details



  1. Metro Potrero

    inline potrero Commons category inline Potrero station MxMetro3 coord 19.47691 N 99.132171 W region MX type railwaystation display title Category Mexico City metro stations Potrero Category Railway stations opened in 1979 es Potrero estaci n ...   more details



  1. Potrero Point

    About the point and historical site in San Francisco the neighborhood in San Francisco Potrero Hill, San Francisco, California the point and hills in Richmond, California Point Potrero other uses Potrero disambiguation Potrero Point San Francisco is the location of the earliest and most important industrial facilities in the Western United States on the eastern extension of San Francisco s Potrero Hill, San Francisco, California Potrero Hill , a natural land mass extending into San Francisco Bay south of Mission Bay, San Francisco, California Mission Bay . Potrero Point ref cite gnis id 230996 name Potrero Point accessdate 2009 05 04 ref , the point of Potrero Hill, was systematically blasted ... the Potrero. Image Union Iron Works San Francisco California, Potrero Point.jpg thumb 580px right 1918 .... Geography Potrero Point, formerly Point San Quentin, was a peninsular extension of Potrero Hill on the south east side of the city of San Francisco. Potrero Point and surrounding areas have changed drastically over the past 150 years, with a small hill being all that remains. Potrero Point drew ... and speculators sought to exploit Potrero Point s natural advantages and to overcome the obstacle caused ... to the Potrero Hills, the site was first cut off by the Third Street cut, and later leveled for land building. The geography of the bay shore, with Mission Bay cutting off Potrero Point and much ... connected Potrero Point to the city, and extended further south to the Bayshore district. Eventually, Mission Bay was completely developed, and the shoreline south of Potrero Point was altered dramatically ... geography, the point was a natural potrero . The Mexican landowner, Don Francisco de Haro , owned Potrero Nuevo and ran sheep and cattle on the land for many years. After the conquest of California ... family eventually lost their claim to the land. In 1863, development along the banks of Potrero Point ... in the bay became a top priority. Eventually, two square miles of Potrero Point were removed and hundreds ...   more details



  1. Potrero Hills

    other uses Geobox Range Heading name Potrero Hills native name other name category Mountain Range Names etymology Image image image caption Country country United States state California region district Solano County, California Solano County municipality topo map Denverton topo maker USGS Family range border part city landmark river Locations lat d 38 lat m 12 lat s 17.693 lat NS N long d 121 long m 58 long s 15.869 long EW W highest highest location highest region highest country highest elevation 107 highest lat d highest lat m highest lat s highest lat NS highest long d highest long m highest long s highest long EW lowest lowest location lowest region lowest country lowest elevation imperial lowest lat d lowest lat m lowest lat s lowest lat NS lowest long d lowest long m lowest long s lowest long EW Dimensions length imperial length orientation width imperial width orientation height imperial area imperial Features timezone Pacific Standard Time Pacific utc offset 8 timezone DST Pacific Daylight Time PDT utc offset DST 7 geology orogeny period biome plant animal Free fields free free type Maps map California Locator Map.PNG map caption location of Potrero Hills in California ref name gnis cite gnis id 230993 name Potrero Hills accessdate 2009 05 04 ref map background map locator California Website website Footnotes footnotes The Potrero Hills are a mountain range in Solano County, California Solano County , California . ref name gnis References reflist Category Mountain ranges of Solano County, California Category Mountain ranges of the San Francisco Bay Area SolanoCountyCA geo stub ...   more details



  1. Potrero Grande

    Infobox settlement official name Potrero Grande native name pushpin map Panama mapsize 200px coordinates display inline,title coordinates region PA subdivision type Country subdivision name Panama subdivision type1 Province subdivision name1 Panam leader title leader name established title established date area total km2 area footnotes population as of 2008 population total 4 508 population density km2 timezone utc offset timezone DST utc offset DST latd 8 latm 52 lats 48 latNS N longd 79 longm 49 longs 48 longEW W elevation m area code website Potrero Grande is a town in the Panam Provinces and regions of Panama province of Panama . Sources http world gazetteer.com wg.php?x &men gcis&lng en&des wg&geo 167&srt npan&col abcdefghinoq&msz 1500&pt c&va x World Gazetteer Panama &ndash World Gazetteer.com Category Populated places in Panama Panama geo stub ...   more details



  1. Potrero, California

    Infobox settlement name Potrero settlement type census designated place nickname motto Images image skyline imagesize image caption image flag image seal pushpin map California name of a location map as per Template Location map pushpin label position none position of the pushpin label left, right, top, bottom, none pushpin map caption Location of Potrero in California pushpin mapsize Location coordinates display inline,title coordinates region US CA subdivision type List of countries Country subdivision name USA subdivision type1 Political divisions of the United States State subdivision name1 flag California subdivision type2 List of counties in California County subdivision name2 San Diego County, California San Diego Government government footnotes government type leader title leader name leader title1 leader name1 established title established date Area area magnitude unit pref US area ... ref name GNIS Gnis 247733 Potrero, California . Retrieved on 2008 03 16. ref elevation m elevation ... http www.zipinfo.com cgi local zipsrch.exe?cnty cnty&ac ac&zip Potrero CA&Go Go title ZIP Code Lookup accessdate 2008 06 09 ref ref name GNIS Potrero is a census designated place in the Mountain Empire ... Potrero by road west to San Diego and east to Campo, California Campo . Potrero is Spanish for pasture ... The 2010 United States Census ref USCensus 2010CA ref reported that Potrero had a population of 656. The population density was 208.3 people per square mile 80.4 km . The racial makeup of Potrero was 338 ... plans to build a weapons training facility in Potrero. The plans generated substantial controversy ... members of the Potrero Community Planning Group who approved the Blackwater project lost their seats .... ref cite news first Anne last Krueger title Security training camp won t be built in Potrero ... for Potrero training center url http www.signonsandiego.com news metro 20080307 1433 bn07black.html ... es Potrero California vo Potrero ...   more details



  1. Potrero Chico

    Image Potrero Chico.JPG thumb 350px A view of El Toro and the Mota Wall El Potrero Chico is an internationally renowned rock climbing area in the Mexico Mexican state of Nuevo Le n , 3 km outside the town of Hidalgo, Nuevo Le n, Mexico Hidalgo . Long a destination for rock climbers from around the world, Climbers from Austin, Texas , notably, Jeff Jackson, Kevin Gallahger, and Alex Catlin, along with Colorado climber raver Kurt Smith started developing the area back in the 1990s. Development continued in the 21st century, notably by first accentionists Alex Catlin, Ed Wright, and Dane Bass. Many climbers have attempted to build bridges with the local community, but there remains much work to be done. The climbs are mostly situated in a canyon at the entrance of the park, while the interior offers undeveloped mountain terrain with lots of good mountain biking, ranging from very easy to expert routes. El Potrero draws many climbers from throughout Mexico. It is considered one of the top 10 locations to sport climbing sport climb in the world. Fact date November 2008 In addition to well over 500 routes, the area boasts the second longest sport route in North America, Timewave Zero , ringing in at 23 pitches and over 2000 feet. New routes are continually being developed. There is a large range of different climbs, most of them in the 5.8 to 5.13 grade. The type of climbing can range from steep overhanging face to easy slab. The rock is usually quite sharp. El Potrero is a unique geological ... of Religion. Mota Wall houses many of the classic climbs at El Potrero such as La Vaca and Double ... to the shape of the canyon, the weather outside may be cloudy and raining, but sunny inside the potrero ... http www.potrerochico.org Potrero Chico Online Guide http www.mountainproject.com v el potrero chico 105910764 Mountain Project Potrero Chico coord 25 57 1.08 N 100 28 34.27 W display title Category ... in Nuevo Le n es Potrero Chico ...   more details



  1. Monte Potrero

    Orphan date July 2011 Infobox settlement official name Monte Potrero other name native name nickname settlement type Municipality and village motto image skyline imagesize image caption image flag flag size image seal seal size image map mapsize map caption pushpin map pushpin label position bottom pushpin mapsize pushpin map caption subdivision type Country subdivision name flag Argentina subdivision type1 Provinces of Argentina Province subdivision name1 Catamarca Province subdivision type2 Departments of Argentina Department subdivision name2 subdivision type3 subdivision name3 government footnotes government type leader title leader name established title established date area magnitude unit pref Imperial area footnotes area total km2 area land km2 population as of population footnotes population note population total population density km2 timezone utc offset latd latm lats latNS S longd longm longs longEW W elevation footnotes elevation m elevation ft postal code type postal code area code blank name blank info website footnotes Monte Potrero is a village and municipality in Catamarca Province in northwestern Argentina . ref http www.mininterior.gov.ar Ministerio del Interior es icon ref References Reflist coord 28 13 S 65 40 W display title region AR type city source GNS enwiki Category Populated places in Catamarca Province Catamarca geo stub es Monte Potrero ...   more details



  1. Potrero Hills (disambiguation)

    Potrero Hills are mountains in Solano County, California. Potrero Hills may also refer to Potrero Hills Richmond, California , mountains in Contra Costa County, California See also Potrero Hill , a neighborhood of San Francisco, California Potrero disambiguation geodis ...   more details



  1. San José del Potrero

    unsourced date October 2009 San Jos del Potrero is a municipality in the Honduras Honduran Departments of Honduras department of Comayagua department Comayagua . Honduras geo stub Comayagua Department coord 14 50 0 N 87 17 0 W type adm2nd region HN source nlwiki display title Category Municipalities of the Comayagua Department Category Populated places in Honduras es San Jos del Potrero it San Jos del Potrero nl San Jos del Potrero pt San Jos del Potrero ...   more details



  1. Point Potrero Pond

    Infobox lake lake name Potrero Hills Pond image lake caption lake image bathymetry caption bathymetry location Point Molate , Richmond, California coords Coord 37.934298 122.402523 type waterbody region US CA display inline,title type inflow unnamed spring outflow catchment basin countries United States length width area depth max depth volume residence time shore elevation islands sections cities frozen Potrero Hills Pond is a small lake in Richmond, California . It was formed from quarrying of hills near Potrero Hills Richmond, California Potrero Hills at the Blake Brothers Quarry. ref name quarry http content.cdlib.org xtf view?docId hb2m3nb1b0&doc.view frames&chunk.id div00033&toc.depth 1&toc.id &brand calisphere&query richmond, 20california Changes in the Richmond Waterfront , access date 25 02 2009 ref It is fed by underground springs. It is now polluted and surrounded by a Chevron Richmond Refinery tank farm . References references Category Lakes of the San Francisco Bay Area Category Richmond, California ContraCostaCountyCA geo stub ...   more details



  1. Potrero Generating Station

    Image Unit 3 Potrero Power Plant.jpg thumb right Unit 3 at the Potrero Generating Station The Potrero ... by Mirant and located on a convert 23 acre m2 adj on site in Potrero Point , San Francisco , California ... Generating Station in 2006, Potrero is the only remaining large power plant within the confines of San ..., 2010, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced that the Potrero plant would cease operations by the end ... communities. ref name shutdown http www.bizjournals.com sanfrancisco blog 2010 12 potrero power plant goes offline dec 31.html San Francisco s Potrero power plant to shut down Dec. 31 , San Francisco Business Times BizTalk blog, Dec. 21, 2010. ref History and capacity The Potrero power station is located at a site in Potrero Point originally used by San Francisco Gas Light , a provider of gas ... were constructed in 1976. Image Potrero Generating Station Outflow.jpg thumb right Return flow of heated water to San Francisco Bay from the Potrero Generating Station Unit 3, the primary power generator ... www.sfgov.org site cityattorney page.asp?id 54645 SF City Attorney description of Potrero dead link ... agendas 2006 may mirantfinalorder.pdf Waste Discharge Requirements for Mirant Potrero, LLC, Potrero ... at the Potrero facility, though only one is presently in use storing diesel for the peakers. Future Image Diesel Tank at Potrero.jpg thumb left One of three liquid fuel storage vessels at Potrero ... been made by Mirant to expand or upgrade the Potrero Point facility, while many in the local community ... cite web url http www.sfgate.com cgi bin article.cgi?f c a 2008 07 23 BAA711TIFS.DTL title Potrero ... for other industrial activities. On December 21, 2010, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced that the Potrero ... External links commonscat inline Potrero Generating Station http www.mirant.com our business where we work potrero.htm Mirant s description of the Potrero Plant coord 37.756635 N 122.382063 W scale ... stations in California Category Buildings and structures in San Francisco, California no Potrero ...   more details



  1. Rancho Potrero Grande

    Rancho Potrero Grande was a convert 4432 acre km2 sing on Ranchos of California Mexican land grant in present day Los Angeles County, California given in 1845 by Governor P o Pico to Manuel Antonio. ref Ogden Hoffman, 1862, Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California , Numa Hubert, San Francisco ref The name means Large Pasture . The grant encompasssed present day Rosemead, California Rosemead and South El Monte, California South El Monte . ref http content.cdlib.org ark 13030 hb967nb58f ?&brand oac Dise o del Rancho Potrero Grande ref ref http digarc.usc.edu assetserver controller view search CHS 13060 Map of old Spanish and Mexican ranchos in Los Angeles County ref History Manuel Antonio, an Indian, who was a mayordomo at the Mission San Gabriel Arc ngel Mission San Gabriel was granted the one square league Rancho Potrero Grande former Mission San Gabriel grazing land. Juan Matias Sanchez ref http www.juanmatiassanchez.com Juan Matias Sanchez ref bought Rancho Potrero Grande adjacent to his Rancho La Merced property from Antonio. ref http www.laokay.com halac JuanMatiasSanchezAdobe.htm Juan Matias Sanchez Adobe ref With the Mexican Cession cession of California to the United States following the Mexican American War , the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho Potrero Grande was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1852, ref http content.cdlib.org view?docId hb109nb422&chunk.id c01 1.3.6.4&brand oac United States. District Court California Southern District Land Case 243 SD ref and the grant was Land patent patented to Juan M. Sanchez in 1859. ref http www.slc.ca.gov Misc Pages Historical Surveyors General ... mortgaged Rancho Potrero Grande to Lucky Baldwin Elias J. Lucky Baldwin , lost it when Baldwin Foreclosure ... ranchos Potrero Grande Category Ranchos of Los Angeles County, California Potrero Grande Category ...   more details



  1. El Potrero (Salta)

    Expand Spanish topic geo date May 2010 El Potrero Salta Infobox settlement official name El Potrero Salta other name native name nickname settlement type Municipality and village motto image skyline imagesize image caption image flag flag size image seal seal size image map mapsize map caption pushpin map pushpin label position bottom pushpin mapsize pushpin map caption subdivision type Country subdivision name flag Argentina subdivision type1 Provinces of Argentina Province subdivision name1 Salta Province subdivision type2 Departments of Argentina Department subdivision name2 subdivision type3 subdivision name3 government footnotes government type leader title leader name established title established date area magnitude unit pref Imperial area footnotes area total km2 area land km2 population as of population footnotes population note population total population density km2 timezone utc offset latd latm lats latNS S longd longm longs longEW W elevation footnotes elevation m elevation ft postal code type postal code area code blank name blank info website footnotes El Potrero Salta is a village and rural municipality in Salta Province in northwestern Argentina . ref http www.mininterior.gov.ar Ministerio del Interior es icon ref References Reflist Salta geo stub coord 26 03 S 64 37 W type city source kolossus eswiki display title Category Populated places in Salta Province es El Potrero Salta pt El Potrero Salta ...   more details



  1. El Potrero (Catamarca)

    Orphan date July 2011 Infobox settlement official name El Potrero Catamarca other name native name nickname settlement type Municipality and village motto image skyline imagesize image caption image flag flag size image seal seal size image map mapsize map caption pushpin map pushpin label position bottom pushpin mapsize pushpin map caption subdivision type Country subdivision name flag Argentina subdivision type1 Provinces of Argentina Province subdivision name1 Catamarca Province subdivision type2 Departments of Argentina Department subdivision name2 subdivision type3 subdivision name3 government footnotes government type leader title leader name established title established date area magnitude unit pref Imperial area footnotes area total km2 area land km2 population as of population footnotes population note population total population density km2 timezone utc offset latd latm lats latNS S longd longm longs longEW W elevation footnotes elevation m elevation ft postal code type postal code area code blank name blank info website footnotes El Potrero Catamarca is a village and municipality in Catamarca Province in northwestern Argentina . ref http www.mininterior.gov.ar Ministerio del Interior es icon ref References Reflist coord missing Argentina Category Populated places in Catamarca Province Catamarca geo stub es El Potrero Catamarca ...   more details



  1. El Potrero River

    El Potrero River is a river of El Salvador . ref name USACE cite web author title Water Resources Assessment of El Salvador url http www.sam.usace.army.mil en wra ElSalvador El 20Salvador 20WRA 20English.pdf publisher United States Army Corps of Engineers USACE year 1998 accessdate June 23, 2009 format pdf ref References reflist ElSalvador geo stub coord missing El Salvador Category Rivers of El Salvador ...   more details



  1. SS Potrero del Llano

    capacity SS Potrero del Llano Spanish Paddock of the Plain was an Tank ship oil tanker built in 1912 ... on the side of the Allies. Potrero del Llano was originally built by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron ... http uboat.net allies merchants ships 1648.html title Potrero del Llano steam tanker accessdate 1 ... Potrero del Llano after a region in Veracruz . ref name uboat She was operated by Petroleos Mexicanos Pemex , and was homeported in Tampico. ref name uboat Potrero del Llano was sailing unescorted from ... by the Potrero del Llano resembled the Italian one, and having decided that the tanker s position ... duly torpedoed the Potrero del Llano , which sank with the loss of 13 of her crew. 22 survivors were ... title Potrero del Llano steam tanker accessdate 1 February 2010 first Gu mundur last Helgason ... Potrero del Llano de Potrero del Llano ...   more details



  1. Potrero Hills (Richmond, California)

    station sits atop a peak overlooking Point San Pablo . Point Potrero Pond is a small lake near the Richmond ... Area Commons category Potrero Hills Richmond, California Richmond, California Category Richmond, California ...   more details



  1. Potrero Grande Handicap

    Horseraces infobox class Grade II horse race Potrero Grande Handicap image caption location Santa Anita Park br Arcadia, California , United States inaugurated 1983 race type Thoroughbred Flat racing website http www.santaanita.com www.santaanita.com distance 6.5 furlong Sprint race sprint track Dirt, left handed qualification Three years old & up weight Assigned purse United States dollar 150,000 bonuses The Potrero Grande Handicap is an United States American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California . The Graded stakes race Grade II Potrero Grande is open to horses aged three and up, willing to race six and one half furlong s on the dirt. It carries a purse of 200,000. Records Speed record 1 13.71 Son Of A Pistol 1998 Most wins 2 Kona Gold 2000, 2001 Most wins by a jockey 4 Alex Solis 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006 Most wins by a Horse trainer trainer 6 Bruce Headley 1986, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006 Most wins by an owner 3 Bruce Headley 2000, 2001, 2006 Winners class sortable border 1 cellpadding 0 style border collapse collapse font size 90 bgcolor DACAA5 align center width 38px Year br width 135px Winner br Age br width 140px Jockey br width 140px Trainer br width 170px Owner br Time br 2011 Amazombie 5 Mike E. Smith Mike Smith William Spawr Sanford & Spawr 1 14.26 2010 Ventana horse Ventana 4 Garrett Gomez Bob Baffert Pegram or Watson or Weitman 1 15.03 2009 Soul City Slew 6 Michael Baze Jack Carava La Canada Stables 1 14.79 2008 Greg s Gold 7 Victor Espinoza David Hofmans William R. Boswell 1 14.62 2007 Smokey Stover 4 Aaron Gryder Greg Gilchrist Harry J. Aleo 1 14.83 2006 Surf Cat 4 Alex Solis Bruce Headley Headley & Marsha Naify Naify 1 15.00 2005 Harvard Avenue 4 Garrett K. Gomez Garrett Gomez Doug F. O Neill Ron Crockett 1 16.12 2004 McCann s Mojave 4 Jose Valdivia, Jr. Leonard Dorfman Willman & Hunt 1 15.60 2003 Bluesthestandard ... Stable 1 14.60 References http www.ntra.com races.aspx?section races&id 29545 The 2008 Potrero Grande ...   more details



  1. Lake Potrero de los Funes

    Infobox lake lake name Potrero de los Funes image lake Lago Potrero de los Funes.jpg image bathymetry caption bathymetry location San Luis Province br ARG coords coord 33 13 49 S 66 13 57 W region AR type waterbody display inline,title type Reservoir inflow Los Molles and La Bolsa streams outflow Potrero River catchment length width area convert 890 acre ha abbr on depth convert 33 m abbr on volume residence time shore elevation convert 3970 ft abbr on cities Potrero de los Funes Lake Potrero de los Funes Embalse Potrero de los Funes is a reservoir 18 km 11 mi northeast of San Luis, Argentina . Overview The site, originally located in a corral belonging to the prominent Funes family of San Luis, was first dammed in 1860. The original levee , one of the first of its kind in South America, was destroyed by the torrential flooding common to riverbanks in the Dry Pampas region, and was rebuilt in 1876. The present reservoir, planned for the growing water supply needs of the nearby provincial capital, was inaugurated in 1927. File Potrero de los Funes Circuit Argentina track map.svg thumb left Map of a race track around the lake, Potrero de los Funes Circuit Populated with carp and Silverside fish silverside species, the lake became popular recreational fishing and camping grounds in subsequent decades, and the homonymous town, located north of the lake, grew around the resulting tourism industry the Hotel Potrero de los Funes, a four star, 97 room facility, is the most important of the area s numerous lodges. The surrounding Potrero de los Funes Circuit , a 6.25 km 3.9 mi track, was inaugurated in 2008, and hosts local Formula Renault , TC2000 and FIA GT Championship s, among others. External links http www.potrerodelosfunes.net Potrero de los Funes. Turismo es http www.hotelpotrero.sanluis.gov.ar inicio i.html Hotel Potrero de los Funes DEFAULTSORT Potrero de los Funes Category ... San Luis Province Category 1927 works es Embalse Potrero de los Funes ...   more details



  1. Potrero de los Funes Circuit

    Motorsport venue Name Lago Potrero de los Funes Location Potrero de los Funes San Luis Province San Luis , Argentina Time GMT 3 Image Image Potrero de los Funes Circuit Argentina track map.svg 260px Events FIA GT br TC2000 Length km 6.270 Length mi 3.896 Turns 22 Record time 2 13.236 105.274mph average Record driver Marcel Fassler Record team Phoenix Racing Corvette C6.R Record year November 22, 2008 The Lago Potrero de los Funes circuit is a race track originally constructed in 1987, and rebuilt in 2008. It is located convert 14 km mi abbr on from San Luis, Argentina San Luis , capital city of the San Luis Province , Argentina . The circuit is semi permanent, with a length of convert 6.27 km mi abbr on . It was created by modifying the ring road that encircles Lake Potrero de los Funes , at the course s center. The circuit has received very high praise from the drivers for its substantial undulations and numerous high speed corners and bends, which provide a great driving challenge. The track s layout has changed slightly from its original layout. It appears that the curve prior to where the pits are now was tightened to create a more pronounced corner ahead of the pits, and perhaps to reduce speeds on the racing line going past the new pit exit. On the opposite side of the lake ... Season 2008 TC 2000 at Potrero de los Funes TC2000 flagicon ARG Jos Mar a L pez TC2000 Potrero de ... Carretera both visited the circuit. Potrero de los Funes will return to the international ... index.php?level album&id 7 Potrero de los Funes Photographic Tour http www.potrerodelosfunes.net Informaci n tur stica sobre Potrero de los Funes, San Lu s, Argentina. coord 33 13 30 S 66 14 20 W type ... venue stub Category Motorsport venues in Argentina fr Circuit de Potrero de los Funes de Circuito de Potrero de los Funes es Circuito de Potrero de los Funes fr Circuit de Potrero de los Funes nl Potrero de los Funes Circuit pt Circuito de Potrero de los Funes ...   more details



  1. Rancho Potrero de San Carlos

    Rancho Potrero de San Carlos was a convert 4307 acre km2 sing on Ranchos of California Mexican land grant in present day Monterey County, California given in 1837 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to Fructuoso del Real, an Indian. ref Ogden Hoffman, 1862, Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California , Numa Hubert, San Francisco ref The land was part of the pasture potrero of the secularized Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo Mission San Carlos . The grant was located south of Monterey, California Monterey on the south bank of the Carmel River . ref http content.cdlib.org ark 13030 hb138n99sj ?&brand oac Dise o del Rancho Potrero de San Carlos ref ref gnis id 271037 name Rancho Potrero de San Carlos ref History The one square league grant was given to Fructuoso del Real, an indian from the Mission San Carlos. When he died in 1845, he passed it on to his daughter, Estefana del Real, who married Joaqu n Gutierrez, a soldier. ref Deborah A. Miranda, 2010, Extermination of the Joyas Gendercide in Spanish California , GLQ A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies 16.1 2 2010 253 284 ref ref cite book last Hoover first Mildred B. authorlink coauthors Hero & Ethel Rensch, and William N. Abeloe title Historic Spots in California year 1966 publisher Stanford University Press quote url isbn 978 0804744829 ref With the Mexican Cession cession of California to the United States following the Mexican American War , the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe ..., a claim for Rancho Potrero de San Carlos was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1852, ref ... Sargent bought Rancho Potrero de San Carlos. Bradley Varnum Sargent 1828&ndash 1893 , born in New ... Potrero de San Carlos. References Reflist coord 36.520 121.880 region US CA type landmark display title California history Category California ranchos Potrero de San Carlos Category Ranchos of Monterey County, California Potrero de San Carlos ...   more details



  1. Rancho San Jacinto Nuevo y Potrero

    Rancho San Jacinto Nuevo y Potrero was a convert 48861 acre km2 sing on Ranchos of California Mexican land grant in present day Riverside County, California given in 1846 by Governor P o Pico to Miguel Pedrorena . ref Ogden Hoffman, 1862, Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California , Numa Hubert, San Francisco ref At the time of the US Patent, Rancho San Jacinto Nuevo y Potrero was a part of San Diego County, California San Diego County . The County of Riverside was created by the California Legislature in 1893 by taking land from both San Bernardino County, California San Bernardino and San Diego Counties. The grant encompassed present day Lake Perris . ref http content.cdlib.org ark 13030 hb6f59p062 ?&brand oac Dise o del Rancho San Jacinto Nuevo y Potrero ref History Miguel Pedrorena 1808 1850 was married to Antonia Estudillo, daughter of Jos Antonio Estudillo , grantee of Rancho San Jacinto Viejo . Jos Antonio Estudillo was appointed administrator and major domo at Mission San Luis Rey de Francia Mission San Luis Rey in 1840. Three grants, comprising over convert 133000 acre km2 0 of the former Mission San Luis Rey lands in the San Jacinto, California San Jacinto area were made to the Estudillo family Rancho San Jacinto Viejo to Jos Antonio Estudillo in 1842 Rancho San Jacinto Sobrante to his daughter, Mar a del Rosario Estudillo, in 1846 and Rancho San Jacinto Nuevo y Potrero to his son in law, Miguel Pedrorena, in 1846. ref John W. Robinson, Rancho San Jacinto Viejo and the Estudillo Family , in Rancho ... by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho San Jacinto Nuevo y Potrero was filed with the Public ... Aguirre 1799&ndash 1860 of Rancho San Jacinto Sobrante bought Rancho San Jacinto Nuevo y Potrero from ... ranchos San Jacinto Nuevo y Potrero Category Ranchos of Riverside County, California San Jacinto Nuevo y Potrero Category 1846 establishments ...   more details




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