Near Anza in Riverside County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Juan Diego Flats

Photographed by Michael Kindig, September 11, 2010

1. Juan Diego Flats Marker

Inscription. In this valley a conflict between the culture of the Indian and the white man resulted in the death of Juan Diego (Alessandro of the play Romona) by the hands of Sam Temple.

Erected 1979 by Billy Holcomb Chapter No. 1069, E Clampus Vitus. (Marker Number 20.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Hispanic Americans • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the E Clampus Vitus series list.

Location. 33° 35.657′ N, 116° 48.146′ W. Marker is near Anza, California, in Riverside County. It is on Juan Diego Flats Road, on the right when traveling east. Marker is located on Forest Service land in the San Bernardino National Forest. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Anza CA 92539, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Los Angeles,

in the Inland Empire,

and in the Peninsular Ranges.

It is also in the American Southwest.

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 12 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Hamilton School, Anza (approx. 7.8 miles away); Historic Lake Hemet Dam (approx. 9 miles away); Kenworthy (approx. 9.1 miles away); Cottonwood School (approx. 10 miles away); Camp Emerson

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(approx. 10½ miles away); Idyllwild Campground Pictograph (approx. 11.1 miles away); U.S. Mormon Battalion Trail (approx. 11.3 miles away); Jacob Bergman (approx. 11.3 miles away).

Regarding Juan Diego Flats. Juan Diego and his wife were Mountain Cahuilla Indians who lived in this little valley near Bautista Creek. They had an adobe house and Juan Diego often took work at the town of San Jacinto. Considered by many to be "crazy," never dangerous, one day he mistakenly rode another man's horse home. That man confronted Juan Diego at his adobe for this mistake and shot him to death in front of his wife.
SOURCE: Billy Holcomb Chapter 1069 35th Anniversary Plaque Book by Phillip Holdaway

Photographed by Michael Kindig, September 11, 2010

2. Juan Diego Flats Marker

View of Anza from Juan Diego Flats Road image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Michael Kindig, September 11, 2010

3. View of Anza from Juan Diego Flats Road

Juan Diego Flats image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Michael Kindig, September 11, 2010

4. Juan Diego Flats

Credits. This page was last revised on November 15, 2020. It was originally submitted on December 18, 2011, by Michael Kindig of Elk Grove, California. This page has been viewed 1,978 times since then and 58 times this year. Last updated on November 3, 2014, by Michael Kindig of Elk Grove, California. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 18, 2011, by Michael Kindig of Elk Grove, California. 3, 4. submitted on December 22, 2011, by Michael Kindig of Elk Grove, California. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.