El Vado

San Diego County · Anza-Borrego Desert State Park · location approximate

This route was opened by Captain Juan Bautista de Anza and Father Francisco Garcés in 1774. Anza's Expedition of 1775, a group of 240 soldiers and settlers being led from Sonora to found San Francisco, encamped near this place, El Vado (The Ford), for three days and two nights, December 20-22, 1775.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document.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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