Don Juan Bautista de Anza was leading a group of emigrants, from Mexico who wanted to live in California.
It was the day before Christmas in the year 1775. A trail-weary mother pointed to a strange apparition on the mountain to the northwest and screamed, "Madre de Dios! Look Father, an angel! An angel points. Surely it's a good omen. Perhaps it points to water."
A child was born on that Christmas Eve, December 24, 1775, to Maria Gertrudis Rivas, wife of one of Anza's soldiers, Ignacio Linares, at a place called Upper Willows in what is now part of the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. There is water there, its marks the entrance of Coyote Canyon.
That how this landmark got its name - Anza Angel.
Located in Coyote Canyon Anza Borrego Desert State Park in California
Anza Angel
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Re: Anza Angel
We can sit in our living room and see that!
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How interesting!
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THANKS for sharing that Jim.
I like that story tie-in to the geology. I seem to recall seeing that surface (and may even have a pic) but didn’t know a story to go with it.
I like that story tie-in to the geology. I seem to recall seeing that surface (and may even have a pic) but didn’t know a story to go with it.
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Re: Anza Angel
This is how I get there:
http://mapshare.delorme.com/Consumer/V.aspx?p=8xgjjtvt
If you are a geocacher, here is my cache:
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_de ... c64a9692c1
http://mapshare.delorme.com/Consumer/V.aspx?p=8xgjjtvt
If you are a geocacher, here is my cache:
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_de ... c64a9692c1
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In case you forgot this story, it a good time of the year to move it back to the top of the messages
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Re: Anza Angel
It's cool, it's great
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