reads “De Anza Trail 1774.” This marker in Martha McLean-Anza Narrows Park in Riverside commemorates Juan Bautista de Anza’s 1774 journey. (Photo by David Allen, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin ...

the Salinas Valley and the San Juan Valley where the Anza trail passed through the region. Kaufman points to a postcard he came across from 1906 urging tourists to come see Monterey County for its ...

The Anza Trail was designated historical by Congress in 1990 and is one of only 20 National Historic Trails in the U.S. It links the Salinas, San Juan and San Antonio valleys. In 1776, Spanish ...

While out and about, you might also find the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail. Christina Torres of Moreno Valley sent me a photo of such a sign along a paved path around Lake Perris.

“To Juan Bautista de Anza and the venturesome pioneers who came after him along the arid trail into Southern California, the Colorado desert was a perilous barrier that had to be overcome only ...