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Mexican-American War Topic
By David J Gaines, October 20, 2012
Perote Bullock County Marker, back
GEOGRAPHIC SORT WITH USA FIRST
| On U.S. 15/29, on the right when traveling north. |
| | This community, settled during the mid-1830s, was first called Fulford’s Cross Roads, then Missouri Cross Roads when a post office was established here in 1846. The name Perote, adopted in 1850 was suggested by veterans returning from the Mexican . . . — — Map (db m83256) HM |
| On Public Square East (State Highway 21) south of Clinton Street Southeast, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Brigadier General C.S.A.
With Army of Virginia 1861-1865.
Wounded in battle five times.
He was one of four distinguished sons
of Jacob Forney and Sabina Swope Hoke
of Jacksonville who held commissions
in the Confederate Army.
. . . — — Map (db m36480) HM |
| On King Street at North Ann Avenue, on the right when traveling east on King Street. |
| |
Side 1
Brigadier General Birkett Davenport Fry, CSA
(1822-1891)
In his lifetime General Birkett D. Fry was a cadet at Virginia Military Institute and West Point; 1st Lt. (U.S. Infantry) in Mexican War; lawyer in California; . . . — — Map (db m95112) HM |
| On Monroe Street Northwest at Washington Street Northwest, on the left when traveling east on Monroe Street Northwest. |
| |
Seminole Wars
1814-1858
I am Private Pet Younger of the 4th US Infantry Regiment. I joined the Regular Army in November 1835 at age 15. I was specially trained as part of the light infantry company whose main jobs were scouting and . . . — — Map (db m85604) WM |
| On Bankhead Highway, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Earliest visitors to the region now known as Winfield were bands of Chickasaw Indians who frequented this area as a hunting ground. The abundant wildlife of the Appalachian foothills made this area attractive to early hunters. After the Chickasaw . . . — — Map (db m85847) HM |
| On Johnson Avenue east of Lower Wetumpka Road, in the median. |
| | An Alabama regiment was formed in 1836 to defend Fort Foster in Florida. Same unit, designated the 1st Alabama Volunteers ten years later, served in Mexican War. Mustered again May 4, 1861 as the 4th Alabama Infantry Regiment, it fought in every . . . — — Map (db m38897) HM |
| Near Upper Wetumpka Road at North Ripley Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | (side 1)
Brigadier General Birkett Davenport Fry, CSA
Born Virginia; educated VMI and West Point; fought in Mexico; practiced law in California; married Alabamian whose family owned the Tallassee cotton mill; served as general in . . . — — Map (db m86065) HM |
| On North Bainbridge Street at Dexter Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Bainbridge Street. |
| | A graduate of West Point Military Academy, he served the United States as Colonel of Mississippi Volunteers, Mexican War; member of House of Representatives, Senator, and as Secretary of War. Inaugurated President of the provisional government, . . . — — Map (db m155530) HM |
| On South Court Street 0.1 miles from Adams Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Built by James J. Gilmer. Purchased by Reuben C. Shorter, 1849, for his wife, Caroline A.V. Billingslea, who later married Tennent Lomax, captain and governor of Orizaba, Mexican War colonel, 3rd Ala. Infantry Regt., CSA, killed at Battle of Seven . . . — — Map (db m86128) HM |
| On North Main Street (Alabama Route 159) at 2nd Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street. |
| | This area's first settlers arrived in the 1830s and established the Crossroads community at the intersection of the Columbus-Tuscaloosa and Vienna-Fayette stagecoach roads, one mile northeast of Gordo's present location on Highway 82. The name Gordo . . . — — Map (db m152577) HM |
| | Near here was the home of Confederate Brigadier General James Cantey who arrived in 1849 to operate a plantation owned by his father. Prior to coming to Russell County he had practiced law at his birthplace, Camden, South Carolina, and had . . . — — Map (db m81715) HM |
| On 6th Street west of 28th Avenue, on the right. |
| | He presided over the transfer of the capital from Tuscaloosa to Montgomery in 1847. When the United States invaded Mexico Alabamians readily joined to fight, just as they would in 1861. — — Map (db m29034) HM |
| On Mill Street at Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Mill Street. |
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Cordova, Alabama, located in Walker County on the Mulberry Fork of the Black Warrior River, was founded in 1859 by Captain Benjamin McFarland Long. He named the town after one in Mexico where he served under Robert E. Lee during the Mexican War . . . — — Map (db m43145) HM |
| On 4th Street (Business U.S. 10) near Ocotillo Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Dec 14, 1846
Last camp on
San Pedro
Turned west
toward Tucson
Erected 1960 — — Map (db m27878) HM |
| On Arizona Route 80 at milepost 356, on the right when traveling east. |
| |
Smith grave
two mile south
Buried
Dec 7 1846 — — Map (db m28294) HM |
| |
Longest infantry
march on record
Dec 6, 1846 — — Map (db m28299) HM |
| On Geronimo Trail, on the right when traveling east. |
| |
San Bernardino
Ranch
Rest Camp
Dec 5 1846 — — Map (db m28300) HM |
| On Geronimo Trail, on the right when traveling east. |
| |
Mormon
Battalion Passed
here
in 1846 — — Map (db m40693) HM |
| Near Arizona Route 92 at milepost 340. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m150957) HM |
| On East Charleston Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| |
The Narrows
Dec 12 1846
Battle of the Bulls
Erected 1960 — — Map (db m27882) HM |
| On Arizona Route 90 at milepost 329, on the left when traveling east. |
| |
Dec. 11, 1846
Herd of Wild
Horses and
Bulls
Erected 1960 — — Map (db m27884) HM |
| On West Patton Street (Arizona Route 80 at milepost 301) at South Church Street, on the right when traveling east on West Patton Street. |
| |
Camp Dec 13 1846
Capt P.C. Merrill
Returned to
San Pedro 1877
Erected 1960 — — Map (db m27880) HM |
| On Arizona Route 77 at milepost 162, on the right when traveling north. |
| | This pass was used by Kearny's Army of the West in a march to California in 1846. Guided by Kit Carson it was described in a journal of the trip as "Carson's Old Trail”. The pass led around the impassable canyon on the Gila River where . . . — — Map (db m28045) HM |
| On U.S. 70 at milepost 347, on the left when traveling east. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m81868) HM |
| Near Andy Devine Road (Business Interstate 40) near Grandview Avenue. |
| | Pioneer in the path of empire hero of the War with Mexico, lieutenant in United States Navy. Appointed general by the Governor of California. Commanded exploration of wagon route to the Colorado River, with the only camel train in American History . . . — — Map (db m32208) HM |
| Near West Alameda Street. |
| | Near this site on December 16 – 17, 1846, the U.S. 101st Infantry ("Mormon") Battalion under the command of Colonel Philip St. George Cooke peacefully occupied the Presidio San Agustin del Tucson.
Organized in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to . . . — — Map (db m73983) HM |
| On South 6th Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Which, under command of Col. Cooke, in the course of their 2,000 mile infantry march to the Pacific coast, arrived and raised the first American flag in Tucson.
December 16, 1846 — — Map (db m27281) HM |
| On North Pinal Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| |
Who camped here Dec 20, 1846
in rout to Cal. War with Mexico.
Erected By
Aaronic Priesthood Mesa 3rd Ward L.D.S.C.
Troop 57 Boy Scouts of America R.C.
Hugh Dana Sp.• Joseph Moody S.M. •
F.K. Pomeroy 1st Coun • T. Elmer Hastings Asst . . . — — Map (db m27207) HM |
| Near Interstate 10 at milepost 183. |
| | The Gila River north of this site marked the international border of the United States and Mexico from 1848 to 1854. James Gadsden negotiated to purchase 38,000 sq. miles of "wild country" for $15 million in gold. Amended to $10 million for 29,640 . . . — — Map (db m33689) HM |
| Near Interstate 10 at milepost 181. |
| | The Gila River north of this site marked the international border of the United States and Mexico from 1848 to 1854. James Gadsden negotiated to purchase 38,000 sq. miles of "wild country" for $15 million in gold. Amended to $10 million for 29,640 . . . — — Map (db m33692) HM |
| On Alden Road north of Upton Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | At the outbreak of the Mexican War in 1846, President Polk directed Colonel Kearny to organize the so-called "Army of the West" and to lead it to Santa Fe and thence on to secure California. On August 18, 1846, Kearny claimed the area of Santa Fe . . . — — Map (db m34134) HM |
| | The Mormon Battalion of the U.S. Army camped here enroute to California December 17, 1846. During the war with Mexico, on the longest infantry march of record, they were first to unfurl the flag of the United States in Tucson.
This marker . . . — — Map (db m92383) HM |
| Near County 8th Street 0.3 miles east of Mohawk Valley Road. |
| | 1846 U.S. Army 1848
Antelope Hill
Campsite
Jan. 4 1847
Mormon
Battalion
Trail — — Map (db m62008) HM |
| Near West 8th Street 0.5 miles west of Somerton Avenue. |
| |
Mounted on back of monument
Mormon Battalion Crossing
This monument marks the approximate site of the crossing of the Colorado River by the Mormon Battalion on 10 and 11 January 1847.
The Mormon Battalion consisted of 500 . . . — — Map (db m62011) HM |
| Near 12th Avenue 0.8 miles west of 12th Avenue & Water Street. |
| | Longest Sustained March in U.S. Military History, 1846-1847.
Between 1846 and 1848, the United States and Mexico went to war. One of the major directives of the United States during this war was to secure its western border and to occupy . . . — — Map (db m22686) HM |
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War with Mexico was the result of the annexation of the Republic of Texas to the United States in March 1845, which the Mexican government regarded as an act of war since they had refused to recognize Texas' independence. Following the capture of . . . — — Map (db m91501) HM WM |
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[Written on the initial marker, provided for context]
Our Constitution names the President of the United States the Commander in Chief of all the Armed Forces. Presidents who have served in our military are displayed on the following . . . — — Map (db m92384) HM WM |
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[Written on the initial marker, provided for context]
Our Constitution names the President of the United States the Commander in Chief of all the Armed Forces. Presidents who have served in our military are displayed on the following . . . — — Map (db m92389) HM WM |
| Near South Washington Street at East Ross Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | John P. McCown was born Aug. 19, 1815, in Sevierville, Tenn. An 1840 graduate of West Point, he served in the Mexican and Seminole wars before resigning from the U.S. Army on May 17, 1861. McCown joined the Confederate army, rising to the rank of . . . — — Map (db m121139) HM |
| On South 4th Street at Webster Street, on the left when traveling north on South 4th Street. |
| | On this lawn
was erected our first
Courthouse in 1841 and
has been the scene for many
events during the wars
in which Crawford County boys fought.
Mexican War, 1846.
War Between the States, 1861-1865.
Spanish American War, 1898. . . . — — Map (db m96859) WM |
| Near Arkansas Route 77 north of East Military Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| |
First Highway constructed in Arkansas, Hopefield
to Little Rock, extended to Fort Smith and into Indian Territory, (Oklahoma). Built by the United States under supervision of the Quartermasters Department of the United States Army. Survey was . . . — — Map (db m116549) HM |
| Near West Markham Street at Ashley Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | This tablet is placed by the State of Arkansas in honor of her sons who served in the war with Mexico in 1846-7; and especially in memory of those who fell at Buena Vista and other conflicts of that war. • • • ”On Fame’s eternal camping . . . — — Map (db m157580) WM |
| On College Avenue (U.S. 71) at Center Street, on the right when traveling north on College Avenue. |
| |
Born near Salisbury, North Carolina, Aug. 1797
Volunteer in Battle of New Orleans, 1815
Member of Tennessee Legislature, 1827
Grand Master of Masons in Tennessee, 1831
District Judge of Arkansas Territory, 1832-1836
Charter Member of . . . — — Map (db m59891) HM |
| Near Piedmont Avenue 0.3 miles east of Pleasant Valley Avenue. |
| | Born near Little Cedar Lick, Wilson County, Tennessee. Lived in Mississippi, where he learned surveying. Joined Republic of Texas Army in May, 1836, and served 3 years in ranger/spy companies. Gained fame as an Indian fighter while surveyor for . . . — — Map (db m55204) HM |
| Near Foothill Rd 0.8 miles south of Old Foothill Rd.. |
| | This building, erected in 1844-46 by Francisco Solano Alviso, was the first adobe house to be built in the Pleasanton Valley. It was originally called Alisal-The Sycamores. Following the Battle of Sunol Canyon, General John C. Frémont withdrew to . . . — — Map (db m3558) HM |
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Member of Fremont’s Battalion during Mexican War. Established Indian trading posts throughout Central San Joaquin Valley. Leader of the first expedition of the Mariposa Battalion into Yosemite Valley, 1851
Dr. Lewis Leach described Savage as . . . — — Map (db m34057) HM |
| | Members of the “Mormon Battalion,” returning from the war with Mexico, were enlisted by Sutter and Marshall to help construct Sutter’s Mill.
The Mormon members of the sawmill crew built a cabin near the mill during the winter of 1847. . . . — — Map (db m12158) HM |
| On Q Street at 15th Street, on the left when traveling south on Q Street. |
| | Andrew Davidson Firebaugh was born in Virginia in 1823. He served with the Texas Mounted Riflemen in the Mexican War. Coming to Californian in 1849, he fought in the Mariposa Indian War under Major James D. Savage on the expedition that discovered . . . — — Map (db m28015) HM |
| Near West Kearney Boulevard 0.2 miles west of Fair. |
| | Fremont passed within sight of this spot on April 7, 1844. He is coming from the San Joaquin River to the Kings River with his mountain men guides, Thomas "Broken Hand" Fitzpatrick, Kit Carson and Alex Godey. Fremont described a vast prairie with . . . — — Map (db m78355) HM |
| On West Columbus Street at Ilsa Verde Street, on the right when traveling west on West Columbus Street. |
| | Near this spot stood the last home of Elisha Stevens, noted American pathfinder and scout. Born in Georgia April 5, 1804, he learned blacksmithing during his youth. Drifting west he became a trapper on the Upper Missouri for more than two decades. . . . — — Map (db m50252) HM |
| Near R Street north of 19th Street. |
| | Near this site stood the home of Alexis Godey, frontiersman and scout, who lived here from 1883 until his death on January 19, 1889. Born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1818, he acted as guide for John C. Frémont's expedition through the Kern area in . . . — — Map (db m51676) HM |
| On South Alameda Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| |
[The arch way leading to the grounds is flanked by two markers:]
Right Marker:
Domínguez Ranch House
Central portion built in 1826 by Manuel Domínguez.
Rancho San Pedro
Ten square leagues granted, provisionally . . . — — Map (db m64857) HM |
| Near West Cerritos Avenue at El Bonito Avenue. |
| | The General Andres Pico Oak Tree once stood in Rancho San Rafael in an area that later became part of the City of Glendale. This tree played a significant role in the history of California. On January 11, 1847, representatives of Los Estados Unidos . . . — — Map (db m128302) HM |
| Near Bonita Drive south of Opechee Way, on the right when traveling south. |
| | San Rafael Rancho, first granted to José Maria Verdugo, Oct. 20, 1784.
Catalina Adobe built about 1828.
And, General Andres Pico oak tree camp site, before he surrendered to General John C. Fremont, 1847. — — Map (db m128201) HM WM |
| On North Hill Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | On this site stood
Fort Moore built by the
Mormon Battalion during
the War with Mexico
This memorial honors the troops who helped to win the South West.
The Flag of the United States was raised here on July 4th 1847
by United . . . — — Map (db m128896) HM |
| Near Olvera Street north of Paseo De La Plaza, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Headquarters of
Com. Robert Field Stockton U.S.N.
January 1847 — — Map (db m133591) HM |
| Near Nichols Canyon Road near Chandelle Road. |
| |
[Panel #1]
James B. Lankershim. Born Charleston, MO, March 24, 1850. Died Oct. 16, 1931. Commissioned Capt. Troop D Calvary 1st Brigade, N.G.O. Aug. 9, 1895 and Lieutenant Colonel N.G.O. July 21, 1903.
[Panel #2]
Near here . . . — — Map (db m125561) HM |
| On Buff Road north of Washington Boulevard, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Near this site, on January 3, 1847, was fought the
Battle of the Rio San Gabriel
between American forces commanded by Capt. Robert F. Stockton, U.S. Navy, Commander-in- chief, Brig. Gen. Stephen W. Kearney, U.S. Army, and . . . — — Map (db m51042) HM |
| Near Leavenworth Drive west of South Gaffey Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Battle Honors
Third Coast Artillery
War of 1812
Fort Nelson, VA. - June 22, 1813
Fort Oswego, NY. - May 5-6, 1814
Mexican War
Palo Alto - May 8. 1846
Resaca de la Palma - May 9, 1846
Monterey (sic) - Sept. 21-23, . . . — — Map (db m81750) HM |
| On Foothill Street west of Garfield Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Headquarters of General Jose Maria Flores before the capitulation to General John C. Fremont, January 13, 1847, at Cahuenga. — — Map (db m129774) HM |
| Near Lankershim Boulevard 0.1 miles north of U.S. 101, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Beneath this park rest the stone foundations and floor tiles of the historic adobe where Mexican General Andres Pico and U.S. Lieutenant Colonel John C. Fremont signed the Treaty of Cahuenga on January 13, 1847. Signing the Treaty ended the . . . — — Map (db m126025) HM |
| Near South Santa Fe Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | During the United States occupation of California during the Mexican-American War, La Mesa served as a campsite for the Californio forces under General Castro in the summer of 1846. The last military encounter on the California front was fought here . . . — — Map (db m121401) HM |
| On S. Santa Fe Avenue at E. Vernon Avenue, on the right when traveling south on S. Santa Fe Avenue. |
| | First marker: On this site was fought La Batalla de La Mesa Battle of La Mesa January 9th, 1847 Commodore Robert Field Stockton U.S.N. in command of American forces and General Jose Maria Flores commanding the Californians Second . . . — — Map (db m143400) HM |
| On Calle Principal at Jefferson Street Monterey, on the left when traveling south. |
| | This house was constructed in 1834 by Thomas Oliver Larkin, the only United States Consul in California under Mexican rule, it has been used as a private residence, the United States Consulate, City Hall, and served as Headquarters of General . . . — — Map (db m82627) HM |
| | It was over this building that the American flag was raised by Commodore John Drake Sloat, July 7, 1846, signalizing the passing of California from Mexican rule.
Restored through the efforts of the Native Sons of the Golden West with the . . . — — Map (db m95375) HM |
| On Monterey Bay Coastal Trail. |
| |
□ Look out upon these waters.
□ Their recorded history began when Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo sighted the "Bay of Pines" on Nov. 17, 1542.
□ Sebastian Viscaino was first to touch land Dec. 16, 1602. He claimed the land for . . . — — Map (db m30347) HM |
| On Calle Principal at Jefferson Street, on the left when traveling north on Calle Principal. |
| |
Quarters of
General William Tecumseh Sherman
Lieutenant Quartermaster and
Adjustant General
1847 • 1849
— — Map (db m82097) HM |
| Near Monterey Peninsula Recreational Trail. |
| | Site of original flagstaff
where the American flag was first raised
by
Commodore John Drake Sloat
on
July, 7th 1846
taking possession of California in the name of
the United States of America
Later ceded to America
under the Treaty . . . — — Map (db m63063) HM |
| Near Corporal Ewing Road. |
| | To commemorate the taking possession of California by Commodore John Drake Sloat United States Navy July 7 1846 — — Map (db m72042) HM |
| | On this spot on July 7, 1846, U.S. Marines and Sailors landed and raised the American flag over the Custom House which stands before you. Mexico and the United States were at war. American forces landing in Monterey claimed 600,000 square miles for . . . — — Map (db m59955) HM |
| On San Juan Grade Road at Crazy Horse Canyon Road on San Juan Grade Road. |
| | Combined American forces under Captains Charles D. Burrass (or Burroughs) and Bluford K. Thompson clashed with Comandante Manuel de Jesús Castro's Californians in this vicinity on November 16, 1846. Casualties on each side consisted of several men . . . — — Map (db m26646) HM |
| Near Saint Helena Highway (State Highway 29/128). |
| | Edward Bale sailed from England to California in the 1830s and settled in Monterey where he was named surgeon-in chief of the Mexican Army by General Mariano Vallejo. In 1839 he married Vallejo’s niece, Maria Soberanes, and in 1841 was granted a . . . — — Map (db m18635) HM |
| On Main Street north of Third Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Historic Site
Here, on July 6, 1846, 160 mounted riflemen volunteers under
the Bear Flag Republic Banner crossed the Napa estuary,
led by Captain, U.S. Army, John C. Fremont and U.S. Marine Lt.
Archibald H. Gillespie. To gain California's . . . — — Map (db m153424) HM |
| On West Stockton Boulevard east of Promenade Parkway, on the left when traveling east. |
| | This is the site of the beginning of the conquest of California by the United States on June 10, 1846. American settlers led by Ezekial Merritt overpowered soldiers under Lt. Francisco Arce and took their Mexican Army horses from the corral of the . . . — — Map (db m11869) HM |
| | A graduate of West Point, his gallantry on the fields of battle earned him commendations; from the Seminole War in Florida, to the Mexican War, to the Indian Campaign in the Pacific Northwest. His unwavering loyalty to the Union would prompt . . . — — Map (db m10766) HM |
| | Resting place of California Pioneers. The cemetery was established in 1850. Many of the victims of the Cholera Epidemic of that year are buried here. Included among the graves of illustrious Californians are those of Governors John Bigler, Newton . . . — — Map (db m11349) HM |
| On Muckelemi Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | In March 1846, Jose Castro, Mexican Military Commander, ordered John C. Fremont from the country, and with Kit Carson and 60 men he moved to top of peak, built entrenchments, raised flag and awaited attack. Bear Flag Incident and Mexican War . . . — — Map (db m150263) HM |
| | [Panel #1]
1776 - 1830: Early Explorers
Francisco Garces
1776 - As the Revolutionary War broke out, California was still a province of Spain, and the Spanish government decided to help feed a hungry Mexico by farming the . . . — — Map (db m83575) HM |
| On East Main Street (Business Interstate 15), on the right when traveling east. |
| | He was “the Father of the US Calvary” and President Polk named him “Commander of the Army of the West”. In 1848 he went from Santa Fe, NM on to CA with 100 men on an arduous trip across our desert and on to a battle at San . . . — — Map (db m50576) HM |
| On Eucalyptus Avenue near Pipeline Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Near this site, Isaac Williams in 1841 built a large adobe home, located on the 22,000-acre Rancho Chino which he acquired from his father-in-law Antonio Lugo. The "Battle of Chino" occurred at the adobe on September 26-27, 1846, during which 24 . . . — — Map (db m50665) HM |
| On Eucalyptus Avenue near Pipeline Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Near this spot once stood the home of Isaac Williams, first American settler in this valley, about which on September 26-27 1846, was fought the first important engagement in California of the war with Mexico.
This was also the site of the Chino . . . — — Map (db m379) HM |
| On Del Rosa Avenue North at Date Place, on the left when traveling south on Del Rosa Avenue North. |
| |
1818 Mexican Cannon captured in Los Angeles by Americans in 1845 and placed in Fort Benson in 1856 by an independent party in a dispute with Mormons over land title. — — Map (db m86676) HM |
| On Turner Road, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Since ancient times, indigenous peoples have used the many networks of trails in the East Mojave Desert for both seasonal migration and to carry on trade with coastal Indians. Most of these trails converged at narrow passes and safe river crossings. . . . — — Map (db m73550) HM |
| Near Vandegrift Boulevard. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m117059) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m12865) HM |
| On San Pasqual Valley Road (California Route 78), on the right when traveling west. |
| | The State of California
honors with this monument
the American Soldiers
who, under the leadership of
Brig.-Gen. Stephen W. Kearny,
Captain Abraham R. Johnston,
Captain Benjamin D. Moore,
Edward F. Beale, U.S.N.,
and
Kit Carson, the . . . — — Map (db m51980) HM |
| On San Pasqual Valley Road (California Route 78 at milepost 25.1), on the right when traveling west. |
| | While marching to the conquest and occupation of California during the Mexican War, a detachment of 1st U.S. Dragoons, under the command of Brig. Gen. Stephen W. Kearny, was met on this site by native California lancers under, the command of Gen. . . . — — Map (db m51095) HM |
| Near Mason Street north of San Diego Avenue, on the left when traveling north. |
| | On this site the United States Flag was first raised in Southern California by Lt. Stephen C. Rowan U.S.N., Commanding Sailors and Marines July 29, 1846. — — Map (db m145635) HM |
| Near Cabrillo Memorial Drive (State Highway 209), on the right when traveling south. |
| | A burial ground before 1847, this graveyard became an Army post cemetery in the 1860s. It is the final resting place for most who fell at San Pasqual in 1846, and for the USS Bennington victims of 1905. It became Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in . . . — — Map (db m82324) HM |
| | Fortified briefly by Carlos Carrillo in 1838. This site became Fort Dupont (July –November 1846) after American forces took Old Town during the Mexican War. Retaken and held briefly by the Californios, it fell once more to the Americans, who . . . — — Map (db m81720) HM |
| Near Cabrillo Memorial Drive. |
| |
1st United States Dragoons
Company C
Sergent. John Cox • Corporl William. C. West • Private George Ashmead • Private Joseph T. Campbell • Private Williamm. Dalton • Private John Dunlop • Private Joseph B. Kennedy • Private William. C. Leckey . . . — — Map (db m82318) HM WM |
| Near Cabrillo Memorial Drive. |
| | whose members made the longest military march in U.S. History of over 2000 miles from Iowa to San Diego in 1846 – 1847 during the war with Mexico.
Albert Warren Dunham
Private – Company B
23 May 1828 – 11 May 1847
. . . — — Map (db m82319) HM WM |
| |
[Upper Marker]
Dedicated to
Juan Bandini
1800 – 1859
Patriot and Friend of the United States
[Lower Marker]
This structure has been
recorded by the
Historic American
Buildings Survey
of the United . . . — — Map (db m143529) HM |
| | No. 7
Dedicated
in commemoration
the heroic sacrifice and
history-making achievements
of the
Mormon Battalion
"whose march over 2000 miles
from Council Bluffs, Iowa to San Diego
help to win California for the Union
and open a . . . — — Map (db m51992) HM |
| On Pomerado Road near Interstate 15, on the right when traveling west. |
| | On December 7, 1846, day following Battle of San Pasqual fought five miles east of here, General Stephen Kearny’s command while marching on San Diego was attacked by Californians. The Americans counter-attacked, occupied hill until December 11 when . . . — — Map (db m40829) HM |
| | The historic march of the Mormon Battalion -- -- More than 2000 miles through the wilderness -- -- was made in fulfillment of official U.S. orders. Brigham Young, Prophet – Leader of the Mormons, personally recruited these troops. The . . . — — Map (db m51990) HM |
| | In the midst of preparations for their exodus to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake, the Mormon pioneers were asked by the United States government to enlist a battalion of 500 volunteers for service in the war with Mexico. These troops started from . . . — — Map (db m51991) HM |
| | On arriving at San Diego on January 29, 1847, soldiers of the Mormon Battalion occupied Fort Stockton on this site. They promptly began to improve this community, digging the first wells, crating the first pumps to draw water, building the first . . . — — Map (db m14488) HM |
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[Marker located on Front of Base:]
Mormon women were anxious to reach the glorious West and any means offered seemed an answer to prayer to help them on their way. When it was learned four laundresses would be allowed each of the five . . . — — Map (db m82280) HM |
| On Montgomery Street at Clay Street, on the right when traveling north on Montgomery Street. |
| | On July 9, 1846, in the early morning, in “the days when water came up to Montgomery Street,” Commander John B. Montgomery – for whom Montgomery Street was named – landed near this spot from the U.S. Sloop-of-War . . . — — Map (db m143434) HM |
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