San Deigo Historic Site 616 LAS FLORES (SAN PEDRO) ASISTENCIA

Las Flores asistencia was built around 1823, together with a lodging house used as a halfway house between San Luis Rey and San Juan Capistrano Missions. The asistencia, located on what was known as the "San Pedro Rancho," was under thejurisdiction of Mission San Luis Rey. The priests traveled regularly to preachat the asistencia.

Father Peyri reported on Oct. 7, 1827, that at the asistencia corn, wheat, and barley were raised and cattle were grazed at nearby Las Pulgas. The area,later known as "Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores," is now Camp Pendleton.It is about 10 miles south of San Clemente in San Diego County.

The adobe structure and adjacent corral were the site of the April 1838 battle between Juan Bautista Alvarado and Carlos Antonio Carrillo contesting the provincial governorship of Alta California.