Rafael Gómez (1784-1838), born in Mexico, came to California in 1830 as a legal advisor to Governor Manuel Victoria. In 1831, he married Josefa Antonia Estrada (1813-1890), a daughter of José Mariano Estrada, grantee of Rancho Buena Vista. Gómez was a supporter of Figueroa, but resigned his position, and was granted the six square league Rancho Tularcitos in 1834. He held public offices in Monterey in 1835-36. Rafael Gómez died in an accident on Rancho Tularcitos in 1838.
After Rafael Gómez died in 1838, Josefa Antonia Gómez married Charles Wolter, a German sea captain of a Mexican ship, who settled in Monterey in 1833. Josefa Antonia Gómez sold Rancho Tularcitos to Andrew J. Ogletree. Ogletree lost the rancho to Alberto Trescony, owner of Rancho San Lucas, in a mortgage foreclosure in 1880. Trescony gradually sold off the land, except for 2,000-acre (8.1 km2).[6] Andrius Blomquist was born in Sweden in 1846 and emigrated to the United States in 1867 to start a new life. He eventually settled in upper Carmel Valley in 1885 and acquired nearly 8,000-acre (32 km2) of Rancho Tularcitos.
In 1924, Rancho Tularcitos came under the ownership of John E. Marble, and the Marble family took on the responsibility of managing the ranching operations for a considerable duration thereafter.[7] The ranch was eventually divided between his sons, John M. and Robert. John M. inherited the ranch headquarters, while Robert received the eastern section of the ranch. By the late 1940s, Bill Dorrance served as the ranch superintendent. Robert Marble decided to rename his portion of the ranch to Rana Creek Ranch.[8]
Mike Markkula bought the 14,000 acres (5,700 ha) Rana Creek Ranch in 1982 from the Marble family.[9]The Wildlands Conservancy acquired Rana Creek Ranch in July 2023 and plans to open it to the public.[10]
^Ogden Hoffman, 1862,Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Numa Hubert, San Francisco