That Is Where It Came From

On August 19, 1966, the Park received an interesting glimpse into its own history when the First American Title Insurance & Trust Company gave the Park the Chain of Title tracing Disneyland's Main Street from the original land grant to the present. Disneyland was located on parcels of land in the Rancho San Juan Cajon de Santa Ana, which had been under the jurisdiction of the King of Spain in 1769. After becoming part of Mexico, the area was given to Juan Pacifico Ontiveras in 1837. He later sold 1,165 acres at two dollars per acre to the founders of Anaheim. Many years later, Walt would pay almost $1,000,000 for approximately 244-acres to create Disneyland.