La Mesa Battlefield

Los Angeles County · 4500 Downey Road, Vernon · location approximate

La Mesa Battlefield served as a campsite for the California forces under General Castro, in the summer of 1846, in the United States occupation of California during the Mexican War. The battle of La Mesa, last military encounter of the war on the California front, was fought here January 9, 1847.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document.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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