San Deigo Historic Site 635 LOS PUERTECITOS

Captain Juan Bautista de Anza's second expedition marched through this little pass December 19, 1775 on its way to strengthen Spanish colonization inCalifornia. Many of the 240 members of the party were recruited from Mexico to be the first residents of San Francisco. They had camped the preceding night somewhere in the wide flats just east of this monument.