Career
Ignacio Peralta was the owner of the Peralta Home in San Leandro, California, which was built on the southerly portion of Rancho San Antonio, the land grant his father received from Governor Pablo Vicente de Solá in 1820. He supplied visiting ships with rawhide and tallow in return for what he wanted in goods like saddles, fabrics, and wines. Peralta"s daughter María Antonia married West.P. Toler, an American soldier who is said to have been the person who raised the American flag at the Battle of Monterey.
