Guidebook
NO. 944 SITE OF FORT ROMUALDO PACHECO - In 1774, Spain opened an overland route from Sonora to California but it was closed by Yuma Indians in 1781. In 1822, Mexico attempted to reopen this route. Lt. Romualdo Pacheco and soldiers built an adobe fort at this site in 1825-26, the only Mexican fort in Alta California. On April 26, 1826, Kumeyaay Indians attacked the fort, killing three soldiers and wounding three others. Pacheco abandoned the fort, removing soldiers to San Diego.
Location
West Bank of New River; South of Worthington Road; 6-1/2 Miles West of Imperial
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NO. 944 SITE OF FORT ROMUALDO PACHECO - Marker
NO. 944 SITE OF FORT ROMUALDO PACHECO - State Plaque Missing
NO. 944 SITE OF FORT ROMUALDO PACHECO - Hot and Dry!