El Camino Viejo
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El Camino Viejo à Los Angeles (The old road to Los Angeles
), also known as the Old Los Angeles Trail, established in 1820's, was the oldest north-south trail in the interior of Alta California
. From San Pedro
, the road traversed the Transverse Ranges
and the entire length of the San Joaquin Valley
skirting the eastern slope of the Coast Range foothills following a route between Aguaje (watering places) and Arroyos (creeks). It finally passed out of the valley to the west through Corral Hollow
Canyon southwest of Tracy
crossing over Corral Hollow Pass
into the Livermore Valley
and beyond to terminate at the Oakland Estuary
on the Rancho San Antonio, now East Oakland.
The route was established by the 1820's but according to Frank F. Latta the route was in use by Spanish ox cart
s as early as 1780, as a more direct route than El Camino Real
to the recently established Mission Santa Clara de Asís
and Mission San Francisco de Asís
. Later it ran to Mission San José, then turned northward to the anchorage in what is now the Oakland Estuary. Later Californio
vaquero
s made it a well-known trail called "El Camino Viejo" that connected Rancho San Antonio with Los Angeles. It was along this trail that these vaqueros ran cattle. Californio mesteñeros (wild horse catchers) also moved into the west side of the valley to catch the mesteños and held them in temporary corrals before herding them up the trail into the Bay area or down the trail to Southern California
or on to other parts of Mexico
.
Kings County
Alamo Solo (southern junction of El Camino Viejo with its Eastern Route)
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
), also known as the Old Los Angeles Trail, established in 1820's, was the oldest north-south trail in the interior of Alta California
Alta California
Alta California was a province and territory in the Viceroyalty of New Spain and later a territory and department in independent Mexico. The territory was created in 1769 out of the northern part of the former province of Las Californias, and consisted of the modern American states of California,...
. From San Pedro
San Pedro, Los Angeles, California
San Pedro is a port district of the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. It was annexed in 1909 and is a major seaport of the area...
, the road traversed the Transverse Ranges
Transverse Ranges
The Transverse Ranges are a group of mountain ranges of southern California, in the Pacific Coast Ranges physiographic region that runs along the Pacific coast from Alaska to Mexico in North America. The Transverse Ranges begin at the southern end of the California Coast Ranges and lie between...
and the entire length of the San Joaquin Valley
San Joaquin Valley
The San Joaquin Valley is the area of the Central Valley of California that lies south of the Sacramento – San Joaquin River Delta in Stockton...
skirting the eastern slope of the Coast Range foothills following a route between Aguaje (watering places) and Arroyos (creeks). It finally passed out of the valley to the west through Corral Hollow
Corral Hollow
Corral Hollow, formed by Corral Hollow Creek, is a canyon with part in Alameda County and parts in San Joaquin County, 6.5 miles Southwest of Tracy, California...
Canyon southwest of Tracy
Tracy, California
Tracy is the second most populated city in San Joaquin County, California, United States and an exurb of the San Francisco Bay Area. The population was 82,922 at the 2010 census.-History:...
crossing over Corral Hollow Pass
Corral Hollow Pass
Corral Hollow Pass, originally Portezuela de Buenos Ayres is a mountain pass of the Diablo Range southeast of Livermore, in Alameda County, California...
into the Livermore Valley
Livermore Valley
The Livermore Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area in Alameda County, California, surrounding the city of Livermore in the Tri-Valley region. Both the AVA and the city are named after Robert Livermore, a landowner whose holdings encompassed the valley. The groundwater basin underlying the...
and beyond to terminate at the Oakland Estuary
Oakland Estuary
The Oakland Estuary is the body of water separating the cities of Oakland and Alameda, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. On its western end it connects to San Francisco Bay, while its eastern end connects to San Leandro Bay.-Crossings:...
on the Rancho San Antonio, now East Oakland.
The route was established by the 1820's but according to Frank F. Latta the route was in use by Spanish ox cart
Bullock cart
A bullock cart or ox cart is a two-wheeled vehicle pulled by oxen . It is a means of transportation used since ancient times in many parts of the world. They are still used today where modern vehicles are too expensive or the infrastructure does not favor them.Used especially for carrying goods,...
s as early as 1780, as a more direct route than El Camino Real
El Camino Real (California)
El Camino Real and sometimes associated with Calle Real usually refers to the 600-mile California Mission Trail, connecting the former Alta California's 21 missions , 4 presidios, and several pueblos, stretching from Mission San Diego de Alcalá in San Diego...
to the recently established Mission Santa Clara de Asís
Mission Santa Clara de Asís
Mission Santa Clara de Asís was founded on January 12, 1777 and named for Santa Clara de Asis , the foundress of the order of the Poor Clares. Although ruined and rebuilt six times, the settlement was never abandoned.-History:...
and Mission San Francisco de Asís
Mission San Francisco de Asís
Mission San Francisco de Asís, or Mission Dolores, is the oldest surviving structure in San Francisco and the sixth religious settlement established as part of the California chain of missions...
. Later it ran to Mission San José, then turned northward to the anchorage in what is now the Oakland Estuary. Later Californio
Californio
Californio is a term used to identify a Spanish-speaking Catholic people, regardless of race, born in California before 1848...
vaquero
Vaquero
The vaquero is a horse-mounted livestock herder of a tradition that originated on the Iberian peninsula. Today the vaquero is still a part of the doma vaquera, the Spanish tradition of working riding...
s made it a well-known trail called "El Camino Viejo" that connected Rancho San Antonio with Los Angeles. It was along this trail that these vaqueros ran cattle. Californio mesteñeros (wild horse catchers) also moved into the west side of the valley to catch the mesteños and held them in temporary corrals before herding them up the trail into the Bay area or down the trail to Southern California
Southern California
Southern California is a megaregion, or megapolitan area, in the southern area of the U.S. state of California. Large urban areas include Greater Los Angeles and Greater San Diego. The urban area stretches along the coast from Ventura through the Southland and Inland Empire to San Diego...
or on to other parts of Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
.
Alameda County
- Rancho San Antonio (1820)
- San AntonioSan Antonio, Oakland, CaliforniaSan Antonio is a large district in Oakland, California, encompassing the land east of Lake Merritt to Sausal Creek. It is one of the most diverse areas of the city. It takes its name from Rancho San Antonio, the name of the land as granted to Luís María Peralta by the last Spanish governor of...
(1850)
- San Antonio
- Arroyo De San LeandroSan Leandro CreekSan Leandro Creek is a year-round natural stream flowing along the east side of the range which comprises the Berkeley Hills and the San Leandro Hills, immediately east of Oakland. In the hills, it runs into Upper San Leandro Reservoir and then Lake Chabot, both manmade lakes lying north of the...
- Rancho San LeandroRancho San LeandroRancho San Leandro was a Mexican land grant in present day Alameda County, California given in 1842 by Governor Juan Alvarado to José Joaquín Estudillo...
(1842)
- Rancho San Leandro
- San Lorenzo CreekSan Lorenzo CreekSan Lorenzo Creek is a year-round natural stream flowing through Hayward, California, into San Francisco Bay at the Hayward Regional Shoreline.-Watershed:...
- Rancho San LorenzoRancho San LorenzoRancho San Lorenzo was a Mexican land grant given in 1841 by Governor Juan Alvarado to Guillermo Castro a career soldier posted to the Pueblo of San José. The land grant included present day Hayward, San Lorenzo, and Castro Valley, including Crow Canyon, Cull Canyon, and Palomares...
(1841)
- Rancho San Lorenzo
- Rancho San Ramon (Amador)Rancho San Ramon (Amador)Rancho San Ramon was a Mexican land grant in present day Contra Costa County, California given in 1834 by Governor Jose Figueroa to Jose Maria Amador....
(1834)- AmadorDougherty, Alameda County, CaliforniaDougherty is an unincorporated community in Alameda County, California. It is located just north of Dublin, at an elevation of 348 feet ....
(1852)
- Amador
- Arroyo Las PositasArroyo Las PositasArroyo Las Positas is a westward-flowing watercourse in Alameda County, California, which originates from Arroyo Seco north of Livermore and empties into Arroyo Mocho in Dublin, California....
(The Little Springs Creek)- Rancho Las PositasRancho Las PositasRancho Las Positas was a Mexican land grant in present day Alameda County, California given in 1839 by governor Juan Alvarado to Robert Livermore and Jose Noriega. Las Positas means "little watering holes" in Spanish...
(1839)- Livermore's, Livermore RanchLivermore, CaliforniaLivermore is a city in Alameda County. The population as of 2010 was 80,968. Livermore is located on the eastern edge of California's San Francisco Bay Area....
{1851)
- Livermore's, Livermore Ranch
- Rancho Las Positas
- Arroyo SecoArroyo Seco (Alameda County)Arroyo Seco is an watercourse in Alameda County, California, that traverses through the city of Livermore. Arroyo Seco means "dry stream" in Spanish. Arroyo Seco lies above the Arroyo Seco watershed, which includes the eastern part of the city of Livermore and also the Lawrence Livermore...
(Dry Creek) - Portezuela de Buenos AyresCorral Hollow PassCorral Hollow Pass, originally Portezuela de Buenos Ayres is a mountain pass of the Diablo Range southeast of Livermore, in Alameda County, California...
San Joaquin County
- Arroyo de los Buenos AyresCorral Hollow CreekCorral Hollow Creek, origainally El Arroyo de los Buenos Ayres , later Buenos Ayres Creek, is a tributary stream of the San Joaquin River with part in Alameda County and parts in San Joaquin County draining the eastern slopes of part of the Diablo Range within the Central Valley of California, USA...
(Creek of the Good Winds)- Corral HollowCorral HollowCorral Hollow, formed by Corral Hollow Creek, is a canyon with part in Alameda County and parts in San Joaquin County, 6.5 miles Southwest of Tracy, California...
- Corral Hollow
- Rancho Pescadero (Grimes)Rancho Pescadero (Grimes)Rancho Pescadero was a Mexican land grant in present day Stanislaus County and San Joaquin County, California given in 1843 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Valentin Higuera and Rafael Feliz. Pescadero means "fishing place" in Spanish...
(1843)
Stanislaus County
- Arroyo del OsnitalHospital CreekHospital Creek, originally Arroyo del Osnital, Hospital Creek is a tributary of the San Joaquin River draining eastern slopes of part of the Diablo Range within San Joaquin County, in the Central Valley of California, USA...
- Arroyo de La PuertaDel Puerto CreekDel Puerto Creek, originally Arroyo de La Puerta is a tributary of the San Joaquin River draining eastern slopes of part of the Diablo Range within the Central Valley of California, USA. The Creek enters the San Joaquin River, about 2 1/2 miles southeast of Grayson, California in Stanislaus County...
(Creek of the Door) - Rancho Del PuertoRancho Del PuertoRancho Del Puerto was a Mexican land grant in present day Stanislaus County, California given in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Mariano and Pedro Hernández. The grant extended east of the present day Highway 33 to the San Joaquin River...
(1844) - Arroyo Salada GrandeSalado Creek (California)Salado Creek, originally Arroyo Salado Grande is a tributary of the San Joaquin River draining eastern slopes of part of the Diablo Range within the Central Valley of California, USA. The Creek ends before it reaches the San Joaquin River, north of Patterson in Stanislaus County...
(Big Salt Creek) - Arroyita SaladaLittle Salado CreekLitte Salado Creek, originally Arroyita Salado is a tributary of the San Joaquin River draining eastern slopes of part of the Diablo Range within the Central Valley of California, USA. The Creek ends before it reaches the San Joaquin River, south of Patterson in Stanislaus County...
(Little Salt Creek) - Arroyo OrestimbaOrestimba CreekOrestimba Creek, originally Arroyo Orestimba is a tributary of the San Joaquin River draining eastern slopes of part of the Diablo Range within the Central Valley of California, USA...
(Meetingplace Creek) - Rancho Orestimba y Las GarzasRancho Orestimba y Las GarzasRancho Orestimba y Las Garzas was a Mexican land grant in present day Stanislaus County and Merced County, California given in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Sebastián Nuñez. The grant was originally in a part of Tuolumne County that became part of Stanislaus County in 1854...
(1844)
Merced County
- Arroyo de las GarzasGarzas CreekGarzas Creek, originally Arroyo de las Garzas , is a tributary of the San Joaquin River draining the eastern slopes of part of the Diablo Range within the Central Valley of California, USA...
(Creek of the Herons) - Arroyo de MesteñoMustang CreekMustang Creek, originally Arroyo de Mesteño , later Mustang Gulch, is a short stream that fails to reach the San Joaquin River draining the slopes of part of foothills of the Diablo Range within the Central Valley of California, USA...
(Mustang Creek) - Aguaje de Las Berendas (Waterhole of the Pronghorns)
- Arroyo de QuintoQuinto CreekQuinto Creek, originally El Arroyo de Quinto, later Kinto Creek, is a tributary stream of the San Joaquin River that now fails to reach the river. Its source drains the slopes of the Diablo Range within the Central Valley of California, USA...
(Fifth Creek) - Arroyo de RomeroRomero CreekRomero Creek, originally El Arroyo de Romero, is a tributary stream of the San Joaquin River. Its source drains the slopes of the Diablo Range within the Central Valley of California, USA....
(Romero Creek) - Arroyo de San Luis GonzagaSan Luis Creek (California)San Luis Creek, originally Arroyo de San Luis Gonzaga, is a stream in Merced County, California. Its source is located in Merced County, about 1000 ft. northwest of 3448 ft. high Mariposa Peak, on the Merced County - San Benito County boundry and 7.4 miles south of Pacheco Pass...
(Saint Luis Gonzaga Creek)- Rancho San Luis GonzagaRancho San Luis GonzagaRancho San Luis Gonzaga was a Mexican land grant in the Diablo Range, in present day Santa Clara County and Merced County, California given in 1843 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Juan Perez Pacheco and José Maria Mejía...
(1843)
- Rancho San Luis Gonzaga
- Arroyo de Los BañosLos Baños CreekLos Baños Creek or Los Banos Creek, originally El Arroyo de los Baños, is a tributary stream of the San Joaquin River. Its source drains the slopes of the Diablo Range within the Central Valley of California, USA. Los Baños Creek has its source at the confluence of North Fork Los Banos Creek and...
(Creek of The Baths) - Rancho Panoche de San Juan y Los CarrisolitosRancho Panoche de San Juan y Los CarrisolitosRancho Panoche de San Juan y Los Carrisalitos was a Mexican land grant in present day Merced County, California given in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Julian Ursua and Pedro Romo. The name means "raw sugar of San Juan and the little patches of reeds" in Spanish...
(1844) - Arroyo de Las OrtigalitoOrtigalita CreekOrtigalita Creek, formerly Arroyo de Las Ortigalito is a tributary stream of the San Joaquin River, in Merced County, California. The source of Ortigalita Creek is at 3520 feet located near a peak on the Ortigalita Ridge of the Diablo Range...
(Little Nettle Creek)
Fresno County
- Arroyita de Panoche or Arroyo de PannochitaLittle Panoche CreekLittle Panoche Creek formerly known as Arroyita de Panoche or Arroyo de Pannochita and later anglicized to Panochita Creek is a creek in Fresno County, California. The source of this creek is on the east slope of Glaucophane Ridge, of the Diablo Range in San Benito County...
(Little Sugarloaf Creek) - Arroyo de Panoche Grande (Big Sugarloaf Creek) (northern junction with Eastern Route of El Camino Viejo)
- Arroyo de Cantua (Cantua Creek)
- Arroyo PasajeroLos Gatos Creek (Fresno County, California)Los Gatos Creek formerly known as Arroyo Pasajero or Arroyo Poso de Chane, is a creek in Fresno County, California. It runs through Los Gatos Canyon, in the western foothills of the Coast Range...
or Arroyo Poso de ChaneLos Gatos Creek (Fresno County, California)Los Gatos Creek formerly known as Arroyo Pasajero or Arroyo Poso de Chane, is a creek in Fresno County, California. It runs through Los Gatos Canyon, in the western foothills of the Coast Range...
(Traveler Creek or Chane Pool Creek)- Poso de Chane (Chane Pool)
- Arroyo de Jacelitos (Creek of Little Huts)
- Arroyo de Zapata Chino (Chinese Shoe Creek), Arroyo de Las Polvarduras (Creek of the Dust StormDust stormA dust / sand storm is a meteorological phenomenon common in arid and semi-arid regions. Dust storms arise when a gust front or other strong wind blows loose sand and dirt from a dry surface. Particles are transported by saltation and suspension, causing soil to move from one place and deposition...
s) - Arroyo de Las Canoas (Creek of the Troughs)
Kings CountyKings County, CaliforniaKings County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. It is located in a rich agricultural region. Kings County is also home to NAS Lemoore, which is the U.S. Navy's newest and largest master jet air station. The county seat is Hanford...
- Arroyo de las GarzasGarza CreekGarza Creek, originally El Arroyo de las Garzas . Its source on the north slope of Zwang Peak in Kings County. It flows east-northeast through Kreyenhagen Hills to terminate in the Kettleman Plain, 3.6 miles west northwest of Avenal.- History :Arroyo de las Garzas was a watering place on the route...
(Creek of the Herons)
Kern County
- Alamo Solo SpringAlamo Solo SpringAlamo Solo Spring, a spring directly east of the Dagany Gap in the Pyramid Hills of Kern County, California. - History :...
(Lone Cottonwood) (southern junction with Eastern Route of El Camino Viejo) - Aguaje La Brea (The Tar Watering place)
- Las Tinajas de Los Indios (The JarTinajaTinaja is a term used in the American Southwest for water pockets formed in bedrock depressions that occur below waterfalls or are carved out by spring flow or seepage . Tinajas are important sources of surface water storage in these arid environments...
s of the Indians) - Arroyo de Matarano (Matarano Creek)
- Aguaje Del Diablo (Devil's Watering place)
- Aguaje de en Media (Middle Watering place)
- Arroyo de Los Carneros (Sheep Creek)
- Arroyo Chico MartinezChico Martinez CreekChico Martinez Creek, formerly Arroyo Chico Martinez is a stream with its source located in the Temblor Range in Kern County, California near to the San Luis Obispo County boundry. Its source is located 10.7 miles north of Soda Lake, California in the middle of the Carrizo Plain. The creek runs...
(Chico Martinez Creek)- Aguaje de Mesteño (Mustang Watering place)
- Aguaje de Los Temblores (Watering place of the Earthquakes)
- Aguaje de Santa MariaReward, Kern County, CaliforniaReward is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California. It is located west-northwest of McKittrick, at an elevation of 1276 feet...
(Watering place of Saint Mary) - Aguaje de La BreaAsphalto, CaliforniaAsphalto is a former settlement in Kern County, California. It was located on the railroad northeast of McKittrick, at an elevation of 932 feet . Asphalto still appeared on maps as of 1932.-History:...
(Watering place of the Tar) - Lake Buena Vista
- Arroyo de Amargosa (Bitterwater Creek)
- Rancho San EmidioRancho San EmidioRancho San Emidio was a Mexican land grant in present day Kern County, California given in 1842 by Governor Juan Alvarado to José Antonio Dominguez. The grant was located along San Emigdio Creek in the foohills of the San Emigdio Mountains, between Santiago Creek on the west and Pleitito Creek...
(1842) - Arroyo San Emigdio (Saint Emygdius Creek)
- Cuddy ValleyCuddy Valley, CaliforniaCuddy Valley is a valley in the San Andreas Rift Zone south of the San Emigdio Mountains west of Tejon Pass, and unincorporated community in Kern County, California, and part of the Mountain Communities. It lies at an elevation of 5,282 feet 1610 m).....
- Cuddy CanyonCuddy Canyon, CaliforniaCuddy Canyon is a valley running along the Kern County and Ventura County, California county line, and lies inside the Los Padres National Forest.The canyon includes the Mountain Communities of Frazier Park, and Lake of the Woods....
Los Angeles County
- Portezuela de Cortes (Cortes Pass)Tejon PassThe Tejon Pass is a mountain pass at the southwest end of the Tehachapi Mountains linking Southern to Central California.-Geography:The apex of the pass is near the northwesternmost corner of Los Angeles County, north of Gorman...
, Portezuela de Castac (Castac Pass) (1843), Fort Tejon Pass (1854) - Kulshra’jekGorman, CaliforniaGorman, California, is an unincorporated community in northwestern Los Angeles County. As of 2005 it had just 15 homes and a few registered voters, but tens of thousands of motorists traveled through it daily on the Interstate 5 freeway....
- Rancho La LiebreRancho La LiebreRancho La Liebre was a Mexican land grant in present day Kern County, California and Los Angeles County given in 1846 by Governor Pio Pico to Jose Maria Flores. Liebre means "Rabbit" in Spanish and the rancho was named as such because of the abundance of jack rabbits in the area...
(1846) - Laguna de Chico Lopez
- San Francisquito PassSan Francisquito PassSan Francisquito Pass, is a mountain pass of the San Gabriel Mountains northeast of Green Valley, in Los Angeles County, California. This pass, at the elevation 3655 feet, was at the head of San Francisquito Canyon where from the time of the Spanish roads to the north from Los Angeles to the San...
- San Francisquito CreekSan Francisquito Creek (Santa Clara River)San Francisquito Creek, in Los Angeles County, is a tributary stream of the Santa Clara River. It drains the south facing slopes of the Sierra Pelona Ridge of the San Gabriel Mountains within the Transverse Range of California, USA....
- Santa Clara RiverSanta Clara River (California)The Santa Clara River is approximately long, located in southern California in the United States. It drains an area of the coastal mountains north of Los Angeles. The Santa Clara is one of the largest river systems along the coast of Southern California and one of only a few remaining river...
- Rancho San FranciscoRancho San FranciscoRancho San Francisco was a land grant in present day northwestern Los Angeles County and eastern Ventura County, California. It was of by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to Antonio del Valle, a Spanish army officer, in recognition for his service to the state of Alta California...
(1839)
- Rancho San Francisco
- San Fernando Pass
- Mission San Fernando
- Cahuenga PassCahuenga PassThe Cahuenga Pass is a mountain pass through the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains in the Hollywood district of the City of Los Angeles, California....
- Los AngelesLos ÁngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
- San Pedro
Fresno County
Arroyo de Panoche Grande (northern junction of El Camino Viejo with its Eastern Route)- Rancho Laguana de TacheRancho Laguna de Tache (Limantour)Rancho Laguna de Tache was a Mexican land grant in present day Tulare County, Fresno County and Kings County, California claimed to have been given in 1843 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Joseph Yves Limantour. The grant extended along the south bank of the Kings River and was bounded on...
or "25" Ranch (1843) - Pueblo de Las JuntasPueblo de las Juntas, CaliforniaPueblo de las Juntas was a former settlement in Fresno County, California situated at the confluence of the San Joaquin River and Fresno Slough, north of Mendota,...
- Rancho de Los CaliforniosRancho de los Californios, CaliforniaRancho de los Californios is a former settlement in Fresno County, California. It was located east of Pueblo de las Juntas on high ground near the south bank of the San Joaquin River. Its site is near the corner of Ashlan and North Lake Avenues, 4miles north of the Whitesbridge Road and 6 miles...
- La LibertadLa Libertad, CaliforniaLa Libertad, California is former settlement in Fresno County, California that was 1/2 mile south and 5 miles east of Burrel, California. It was an early Mexican settlement in San Joaquin Valley, on the eastern route of El Camino Viejo that existed there at least until 1870.-References:...
Kings County
- Whitmore's FerryKingston, CaliforniaKingston is a former town that is no longer in existence. Originally in Fresno County, until 1909 when Fresno County lands in the vicinity, south of Kings river were transfered to Kings County, California. It was located on the south bank of the Kings River northwest of Hanford at Whitmore's...
(1854)- KingstonKingston, CaliforniaKingston is a former town that is no longer in existence. Originally in Fresno County, until 1909 when Fresno County lands in the vicinity, south of Kings river were transfered to Kings County, California. It was located on the south bank of the Kings River northwest of Hanford at Whitmore's...
(1859)
- Kingston
- Vaca AdobeVaca AdobeVaca Adobe or Vaca Dugout is a former settlement in what was then Tulare County, now Kings County, California. It was located at stopping place on the eastern route of the El Camino Viejo about 3 miles north of the site of what is now Kettleman City close to the shore of Tulare Lake...
(1863) - Laguna de TacheTulare LakeTulare Lake, named Laguna de Tache by the Spanish, is a fresh-water dry lake with residual wetlands and marshes in southern San Joaquin Valley, California...
- Cox & Clark Trading Post and Steamboat Landing (1870)
- Alamo Mocho (Trimmed cottonwood)
Alamo Solo (southern junction of El Camino Viejo with its Eastern Route)
See Also
- El Camino Real (California)El Camino Real (California)El Camino Real and sometimes associated with Calle Real usually refers to the 600-mile California Mission Trail, connecting the former Alta California's 21 missions , 4 presidios, and several pueblos, stretching from Mission San Diego de Alcalá in San Diego...
- Stockton - Los Angeles RoadStockton - Los Angeles RoadStockton-Los Angeles Road, also known as the Millerton Road, Stockton-Mariposa Road, Stockton-Fort Miller Road or the Stockton-Visalia Road was established about 1853 following the discovery of gold on the Kern River in Old Tulare County...
- Butterfield Overland MailButterfield Overland MailThe Butterfield Overland Mail Trail was a stagecoach route in the United States, operating from 1857 to 1861. It was a conduit for the U.S. mail from two eastern termini, Memphis, Tennessee and St. Louis, Missouri, meeting Fort Smith, Arkansas, and continuing through Indian Territory, New Mexico,...
External Links
- Tunnel Area Historic Passes and Roads: The Old Road includes a Map of El Camino Viejo and is various watering places and settlements, from "El Camino Viejo á Los Angeles - The Oldest Road of the San Joaquin Valley" by Frank F. Latta. Also several old maps showing the vicinity of San Fernando Pass and the roads over the pass, from Elsmere Canyon, Santa Clarita, California Website created and maintained by Stan Walker, accessed November 6, 2011.
- Frank F. Latta, EL CAMINO VIEJO á LOS ANGELES - The Oldest Road of the San Joaquin Valley, Bear State Books, Exeter, Reprint of the 1936 work by Frank F. Latta.