José Castro
José Antonio Castro (1808 – February 1860) was a Californio politician and military leader during the 1830s and 1840s in Alta California, then a Mexican province And the governor of Alta California in 1835-1836, and Commandante General of the Mexican army in Alta California at the time of the 1846 Bear Flag Revolt and the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848.
José Castro Media
José Castro House in San Juan Bautista was built 1839–41. The town of San Juan Bautista was briefly known as San Juan de Castro in the 1830s, owing to his family's prominence there.
The Castro District in San Francisco is named for José Castro.
