The trek for 30 families from mainland Mexico to San Francisco changed the course of history.
As we get ready to celebrate our nation’s birthday with the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia in 1776, let’s look at what was happening on the other side of North America.In 1774, Spain had established several military and religious outposts in Alta California. The priests and soldiers were very isolated, and sailing around Point Conception was particularly dangerous.
In Massachusetts in April 1775, the first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired at Lexington and Concord, while across the continent Anza was busy persuading nearly 300 people to take the overland route with him. They were a culturally diverse mix including 30 families of American Indian, European and Afro-Latino ancestry.
The settlers built the beginnings of the Presidio of San Francisco and the Mission San Francisco de Asis. The site of the Presidio of San Francisco is now part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area.It was made a national historic trail in 1990. In 2005, Caltrans began posting signs on roads that overlap the trail route so California drivers could follow it.Spain had laid claim to territory in what would become California, Arizona and New Mexico in the 1520s.
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