La Cañada de los Coches Rancho

San Diego County · 6.5 miles east of El Cajon · location approximate

Commemorating Cañada de los Coches Rancho, smallest Mexican Grant in California. Granted in 1843 to Apolinaria Lorenzana by Governor Manuel Micheltorena. Site of old grist mill.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document.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 ↗

USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection

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

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