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Juan Batista de Anza National Historic Trail Sign

Caption: Juan Batista de Anza National Historic Trail Sign
Additional Description: Per the National Park Service trail guide: "The Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail is a 1,210-mile historic route from Nogales, Arizona to San Francisco, California. The trail commemorates the story of the 1775-1776 Spanish Expedition whose members, consisting of some 30 families, experienced this overland route on their trek to Alta (or upper) California. They founded and established the Mission and Presidio of San Francisco, the Mission in Santa Clara and the Pueblo of San José. Most settled in what is today the San Francisco Bay Area."
Submitted: November 22, 2009.
Database Locator Identification Number: p92692
File Size: 1.494 Megabytes

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