University of California, Los Angeles. -- Library. -- Dept. of Special Collections (repository) Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966 (photographer) Anza, Juan Bautista de, -- 1735-1788 (subject)
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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Text from negative sleeve: H 2962, D'Anza Monument, San Carlos Pass, Near Hemet, 1937, By State Historical Society Marker has a relief image of De Anza and his men on horseback looking at mountains in the distance. The caption on the monument below the relief reads "On March 16, 1774, Juan Bautista De Anza, Indian fighter, explorer, and colonizer, led through this pass (named by him San Carlos) the first white explorers to cross the mountains into California. The party traveled from Tubac, Arizona, to Monterey, California. On December 27, 1775, on a second expedition into California, Anza led through this pass the party of Spaniards from Sonora who became the founders of San Francisco. Tablet placed by Historic Landmarks Committee, Native Sons of the Golden West. 1924".
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