Escondido in San Diego County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

An Incident of the Mexican War

Photographed by Syd Whittle, November 25, 2006

1. An Incident of the Mexican War Marker

Inscription. The Army sent from Santa Fe to occupy California was met and defeated by the Mexicans at San Pasquale. The American forces were driven upon a butte in the desert, on which there was no water and there surrounded by the Mexican forces Edward F. Beale and Kit Carson, both famous explorers of the West volunteered to get through the Mexican lines and get reinforcements from Stockton’s fleet at San Diego. They succeeded in crawling past three cordons of Mexican sentries in the night, and by hiding in ravines in the day and traveling by night they reached Stockton’s fleet after enduring great hardships.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, Mexican-American.

Location. 33° 5.361′ N, 116° 58.989′ W. Marker is in Escondido, California, in San Diego County. It can be reached from San Pasqual Valley Road. The marker is located on the path between the parking area and Visitor Center at the San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 15808 San Pasqual Valley Road, Escondido CA 92025, United States

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of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in California’s Peninsular Ranges.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: San Pasqual (approx. 0.4 miles away); San Pasqual Battlefield (approx. half a mile away); Mule Hill (approx. 5½ miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 7.4 miles away); Ramona Town Hall (approx. 7.6 miles away); Theophile Verlaque House (approx. 7.6 miles away); Verlaque House (1886) (approx. 7.6 miles away); Daley Ranch (approx. 7.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Escondido.

Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker.

Also see . . .
1. The California State Military Museum: The Battle of San Pasqual. (Submitted on October 23, 2008, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona.)
2. Find-A-Grave: San Pasqual Battlefield Monument.

An Incident of the Mexican War Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Syd Whittle, November 25, 2006

2. An Incident of the Mexican War Monument

(Submitted on October 23, 2008, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona.)

Inscription at Top of Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Syd Whittle, November 25, 2006

3. Inscription at Top of Monument

Beale and Carson Hailing Stockton's Flagship

Close-Up of Sculpture on Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Syd Whittle, November 25, 2006

4. Close-Up of Sculpture on Monument

Beale and Carson

San Pasqual Valley - Scene of the Battle image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Syd Whittle, November 25, 2006

5. San Pasqual Valley - Scene of the Battle

Entrance to San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Syd Whittle, November 25, 2006

6. Entrance to San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park

Credits. This page was last revised on October 7, 2021. It was originally submitted on October 23, 2008, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona. This page has been viewed 2,760 times since then and 97 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on October 23, 2008, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona.