Site of Indian Village of Pochea

Riverside County · East of Ramona Bowl, Hemet · location approximate

Pochea, meaning "where the rabbit went in," was a thriving village of the Sabobas when the Spaniards arrived. Some 400 of the men went and lived at Mission San Juan Capistrano during the time of its building. The Indians contracted measles from the Spanish, and as a result the scourge took a terrible toll in the tribe and the survivors fled across the San Jacinto River and never again have the Sabobas been willing to live at the old home.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

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