Marker on the De Anza monument in the San Carlos Pass, ca.1937
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- Source:
- University of Southern California
- Collection:
- California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
- Date:
- circa 1937
- Description:
- Photograph of the marker on the De Anza monument in the San Carlos Pass, ca.1937. The marker has an etching of De Anza and his men on horseback looking at mountains in the distance. The caption on the monument below the etching reads "On March 16, 1774, Juan Bautista De Anza, Indian fighter, explorer, and colonizer, led through this pass (named by him San Carlos) the first white explorers to cross the mountains into California. The party traveled from Tubac, Arizona, to Monterey, California. On December 27, 1775, on a second expedition into California, Anza led through this pass the party of Spaniards from Sonora who became the founders of San Francisco. Tablet placed by Historic Landmarks Committee, Native Sons of the Golden West. 1924".
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- License:
- Public Domain Mark
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