Box Canyon (MISSING!) - Anza Borrego, CA
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bluesnote
N 33° 00.583 W 116° 06.748
11S E 582901 N 3652713
This plaque is in the Anza Borrego Canyon. The plaque is free to go visit.
Waymark Code: WMAHF9
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 01/16/2011
Views: 13
This plaque is missing and please look at the miles away from the route. This is S3. "The old road, known as the Sonora, Colorado River, or Southern Emigrant Trail and later as the Butterfield Overland Mail Route, traversed Box Canyon just east of here. On January 19, 1847, the Mormon Battalion under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Philip St. G. Cooke, using hand tools, hewed a passage through the rocky walls of the narrow gorge for their wagons and opened the first road into Southern California. "
Marker Number: 472.00
Marker Name: Box Canyon
County: San Diego
Has Official CA Plaque: no
Location:
On County Rd S2 (P.M. 25.7), 8.6 mi S of State Hwy 78, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Website: [Web Link]
Marker Dedication Date: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
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