Meling Ranch, also known as San José, is the product of a marriage uniting two pioneering families - the Melings and the Johnsons. Both families settled in northern Baja California in the early 1900s.



The ranch house, rebuilt after the ranch was destroyed during the 1911 revolution, is a model example of the structures of that era. The 10,000 acre cattle ranch offers its guests comfortable accommodations, family-style meals, a swimming pool and horseback riding; Sierra San Pedro Mátir National Park trips. A 3500 -foot graded airstrip is just east of the ranch.

There is a lot of history about the Meling family, if you want to know more about our Family History, go to your Public Library and check out the book "Where the Old West Never Died" by Paul Sanford. (book is out of print) or start here, in this article from the San Diego Union Tribune, "Sundown at Meling Ranch" a history about the people in charge of the Rancho San José.

There is another article from the San Diego Union Tribune, "Aida Meling".