San Juan Bautista in San Benito County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
A Changing World
Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
The diaries of Lt. Colonel Anza and Pedro Font provide is a glimpse of this area in 1776. On March 24, 1776 the explorers passed near this location noting the significant presence of Native peoples.
Could any have known the profound future changes to their lives and the land that were being set in motion be the Anza Expedition?
”In the valley we saw many antelopes and white and gray greese. In the same valley we forded an arroyo…and then cam to a village in which I counted about twenty tule huts, but the only people we saw were two Indians who came out to the road and presented us with three fish more than a foot long.”
- Father Pedro Font, Anza Expedition Diaries, March 24, 1776
En 1775 y 1776 el teniente coronel Juan Bautista de Anza, el padre Pedro Font, junto con 240 colonos, soldados y otros, viagaron 1,800 millas desde Sonora, Mexico, hasta Monterrey, California. Anza luego dirigió un grupo más pequeño de soldados para elegir los sitios para la misión yel presidio (base military) en San Francisco.
Los diarios del teniente coronel Anza y Pedro Font nos brindan un vistazo de esta área en 1776. El 24 de marzo de 1776, los exploradores pasaron cerca de este lugar notando la prescencia significative de los pueblos nativos.
¿Será possible que le expedición de Anza podria haber Sabido el impacto y los profundos cambios que pusieron en movimiento en sus vídas y en estas tíerras?
Erected by National Park Service.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Churches & Religion • Exploration. In addition, it is included in the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1775.
Location. 36° 49.913′ N, 121° 32.028′ W. Marker is in San Juan Bautista, California, in San Benito County. Marker can be reached from Old Stage Road near Salinas Grade Road. The resin marker is mounted to a metal stand at the trailhead. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: San Juan Bautista CA 95045, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. San Juan Pacific Railway (approx. half a mile away); Anza House (approx. 0.8 miles away); Native Daughters Adobe (approx. 0.8 miles away); Veterans of the World War (approx. 0.9 miles away); Town Jail (approx. 0.9 miles away); Castro - Breen Adobe (approx. 0.9 miles away); Castro/Breen Adobe and Plaza Hotel (approx. 0.9 miles away); San Juan Bautista Plaza Historic District (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in San Juan Bautista.
Also see . . . Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail.
"""¡Vayan Subiendo!"("Everyone mount up!") was the rousing call from Juan Bautista de Anza. In 1775-76, he led some 240 men, women, and children on an epic journey to establish the first non-Native settlement at San Francisco Bay.""(Submitted on December 27, 2022, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California.)
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