José Manuel Gonzeles (an Apache Indian), his wife, and their five children accompanied the Spanish
Anza Party to
California in 1776. He was one of the founders of the
Pueblo de San Jose de Guadalupe, the first municipal government in California, established in 1777. This was the second house that González lived in, the first site was untenable due to winter flooding. In 1804, González died and the adobe went to
Luís María Peralta in 1808. Peralta was a sergeant in the Spanish Army, commissioner of the Pueblo of San José, and owner of
Rancho San Antonio of the
East Bay, one of the largest
ranchos in
Alta California. Peralta divided the house into two rooms, built a porch, a kitchen and a chimney. He died in August 1851, leaving the adobe to his two daughters. ==Gallery==