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NO. 556 RANCHO SAN FRANCISCO - Approximately one-half mile south of the point was the adobe headquarters of Rancho San Francisco, originally built about 1804 as a granary of Mission San Fernando. The rancho was granted to Antonio de Valle in 1839. Here, in January 1850, William Lewis Manly and John Rogers obtained supplies and animals to rescue their comrades in a California-bound gold-seeking emigrant party that was stranded and starving in Death Valley, some 250 miles to the northeast.
Location
Southeast corner of The Old Road & Henry Mayo Dr., Valencia
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CHL #556 - Rancho San Francisco Site
CHL #556 - Rancho San Francisco Site
NO. 556 RANCHO SAN FRANCISCO State Plaque