A Vacation Tradition for Generations ...

In 1843, thirty-nine years after the Spanish padres established Mission Santa Inés, Conquistador Raimundo Carrillo received the 13,500 acre Rancho Nojoqui land grant as payment for his services to the Mexican government. Carrillo immediately began raising cattle, a tradition that continues at the Alisal today.

Subsequent owners, the Pierce family, bred harness racing's legendary trotter Lou Dillon. Horse and cattle breeder, Charles Perkins bought the property in 1927, where he raised Kentucky Derby winner Flying Ebony.

The Jackson family began its current ownership of the Alisal in 1943. Three years later, they opened the Alisal Guest Ranch for summer visitors. The maximum capacity was 30 guests.

The Alisal was an immediate success, as visitors from across the nation returned year after year. Some families have made the Alisal a vacation tradition for three successive generations.