known for the vibrantly-colored frescoes that adorn the chapel interior at Mission San Miguel Arcángel in California. Joaquin Murrieta originally from Sonora Manuel Nieto Romualdo Pacheco, 12th Governor of California Luís María Peralta, Peralta Adobe in San Jose, recipient of the Rancho San Antonio (Peralta) land grant in the San Francisco East Bay Ignacio Peralta Andrés Pico José Maria Pico Pío Pico, the last Mexican governor of Alta California, only Afro-Californio to govern the province, and namesake of Pico Rivera, California. Salomon Pico, ranchero, soldier, bandit leader during the early years of the California Gold Rush. Luis Manuel Quintero Manuel Requena Juan Francisco Reyes (soldier) Louis Robidoux, namesake of Mount Rubidoux, held Rancho Jurupa and Rancho San Jacinto y San Gorgonio José Antonio Roméu José González Rubio – (1804–1875) Roman Catholic friar prominent in the early history of California. Francisco María Ruiz José de la Cruz Sánchez – (1799–1878) was the eleventh Alcalde of San Francisco in 1845. Francisco Sanchez (politician) Tomas Avila Sanchez Vicente de Santa Maria Vicente Francisco de Sarría José Francisco de Paula Señan Francisco Xavier Sepulveda Juan Jose Sepulveda Francisco Sepulveda Ygnacio del Valle Ysabel del Valle Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, the namesake of Vallejo, California, founder of Sonoma, California, husband of Francisca Benicia Carrillo Vallejo Francisca Benicia Carrillo Vallejo, the namesake of Benicia, California and wife of Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo Tiburcio Vasquez, bandit Jose Maria Verdugo, recipient of Rancho San Rafael land grant Manuel Victoria Bernardo Yorba, major land grant recipient, namesake of Yorba Linda, California Jose Antonio Yorba, major land grant recipient Other notable people in Alta California José Romo de Vivar (settler in Arizona) José Joaquín Moraga (born in Arizona) José Francisco Ortega (founder of large Californio family) José de Urrea (born in Arizona) In literature Richard Henry Dana, Jr., recounted aspects of Californio culture which he saw during his 1834 visit as a sailor in Two Years Before the Mast. Joseph Chapman, a land realtor noted as the first Yankee to reside in the old Pueblo de Los Angeles in 1831, described Southern California as a paradise yet to be developed. He mentions a civilization of Spanish-speaking colonists, "Californios", who thrived in the pueblos, the missions, and ranchos. Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton, The Squatter and the Don, a novel set in 1880s California, depicts a very wealthy Californio family's legal struggles with immigrant squatters on their land. The novel was based on