| A painter of California history and western landscapes, Manuel Valencia
was born in Marin County, California in 1856 on the Rancho San Jose,
the Valencia hacienda. The family received many land grants in
the San Francisco area because of their ties to settlement
history. He was a descendant of General Gabriel Valencia, the
first governor of the state of Sonora, Mexico under Spanish rule.
He was named for his grandfather, who arrived in California in 1774 and
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