Pueblo grants were used:
C. To establish villages for the Pueblos.
During the period of the Spanish conquest and colonization, grants were offered to people for them to settle on the land. These grants included opportunities to expand and build, and that over the years became successful villages. One of the most renowned grants was the Atrisco Land Grant, given to Don Fernando Durán y Chávez. The Atrisco Land is an example of a land grant that thrived and that became an expanded village.
