MAKE A MEME View Large Image ...Borrega Desert Natural History Association outing to Santa Catarina spring in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park on Jan. 31, 2016. This plaque, California State Historic Marker 785 reads: "This spring area was named by Captain Juan ...
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Keywords: A desert rainbow greets an Anza-Borrega Desert Natural History Association outing to Santa Catarina spring in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park on Jan. 31, 2016. This plaque, California State Historic Marker 785 reads: "This spring area was named by Captain Juan Bautista de Anza when his overland exploration party camped here on March 14, 1774 during the opening of the Anza Trail from Sonora into Alta California. Anza’s colonizing expedition of 1775 consisting of 240 persons and over 800 head of livestock camped here the night of December 23, 1775. California Registered Historical Landmark No. 785. Plaque placed by the California State Park Commission in cooperation with the Squibob Chapter, E Clampus Vitus April 20, 1963"
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