El Camino Viejo a Los Ángeles ( en, the Old Road to Los Angeles), also known as El Camino Viejo and the Old Los Angeles Trail, was the oldest north-south trail in the interior of Spanish colonial

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(1769–1822) and Mexican

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(1822–1848), present day

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. It became a well established inland route, and an alternative to the coastal El Camino Real trail used since the 1770s in the period. It ran from San Pedro Bay and the

Pueblo de Los Ángeles El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles (English language, English: ''The town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels''), shortened to Pueblo de los Ángeles, was the Spanish civilian ''Municipality, pueblo'' settled in 1781, which ...

, over the

Transverse Ranges The Transverse Ranges are a group of mountain ranges of southern California, in the Pacific Coast Ranges physiographic region in North America. The Transverse Ranges begin at the southern end of the California Coast Ranges and lie within San ...

through

Tejon Pass The Tejon Pass , previously known as ''Portezuelo de Cortes'', ''Portezuela de Castac'', and Fort Tejon Pass is a mountain pass between the southwest end of the Tehachapi Mountains and northeastern San Emigdio Mountains, linking Southern Calif ...

and down through the San Emigdio Mountains to the

San Joaquin Valley The San Joaquin Valley ( ; es, Valle de San Joaquín) is the area of the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California that lies south of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and is drained by the San Joaquin River. It comprises seven ...

, where it followed a route along the eastern slopes of the

Coast Ranges The Pacific Coast Ranges (officially gazetted as the Pacific Mountain System in the United States) are the series of mountain ranges that stretch along the West Coast of North America from Alaska south to Northern and Central Mexico. Although th ...

between '' aguaje'' (watering places) and '' arroyos''. It passed west out of the valley, over the

Diablo Range The Diablo Range is a mountain range in the California Coast Ranges subdivision of the Pacific Coast Ranges in northern California, United States. It stretches from the eastern San Francisco Bay area at its northern end to the Salinas Valley ...

at Corral Hollow Pass into the

Livermore Valley The Livermore Valley, historically known as the Valle de San José (Valley of San José), is a valley in Alameda County, California, located in the East Bay region. The city of Livermore is located in the valley. Geography The valley is bound ...

, to end at the

Oakland Estuary The Oakland Estuary is the strait in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, separating the cities of Oakland and Alameda and the Alameda Island from the East Bay mainland. On its western end, it connects to San Francisco Bay proper, while its e ...

on the eastern

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History

The route of El Camino Viejo was well established by the 1820s, and the route was in use by Spanish colonial "carretas" ( ox carts) as early as 1780, as a more direct route than El Camino Real to the recently established

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and

Mission San Francisco de Asís Mission San Francisco de Asís ( es, Misión San Francisco de Asís), commonly known as Mission Dolores (as it was founded near the Dolores creek), is a Spanish Californian mission and the oldest surviving structure in San Francisco. Located i ...

. At that time the Bay Area section ran from the mouth of Arroyo Las Positas southwest across the mouth of the

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and Arroyo Valle to

Arroyo de la Laguna Arroyo de la Laguna is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 15, 2011 southward-flowing stream in Alameda County, California, United States which originates at the con ...

(later the lands of

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) and following it south down to its confluence with Arroyo de la Alameda (later location of Sunol). It then crossed the hills to the south via Mission Pass to the coastal plain and on until it reached Mission Santa Clara and the El Camino Real. The Los Angeles Area section left the El Camino Real in the San Fernando Valley, Later, after the 1797 foundation of the

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, the road was turned northward from there, crossing Arroyo de San Leandro and Arroyo de San Lorenzo to the anchorage in what is now the

. There cargos could be ferried across to the Mission and

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or to other places on the bay more quickly and in more quantity than carriage by road. This route along the unsettled frontier of Spanish colonial Las Californias—Alta California (1769–1822) came to be favored by those who wished to avoid the eyes of the Spanish authorities that were along the more settled coastal route of El Camino Real. Settlements like Las Juntas and Rancho Centinela (est. 1810), and later

Poso de Chane Poso de Chane or Poso Chane (Chane Pool) is a former settlement in Fresno County, California situated around the waterhole of that name, northwest just below the confluence of the Jacalitos Creek with Los Gatos Creek, east of Coalinga and north ...

and others began to grow up along the route of El Camino Viejo. Later

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vaqueros made "El Camino Viejo" a well-known trail that connected Rancho San Antonio with the

. The vaqueros ran cattle and in the 1840s began establishing inland Mexican land grant ranchos along the route. Californio ''

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'' (wild horse catchers) also moved into the San Joaquin Valley to catch the '' mesteños'' (mustangs) that now roamed in the thousands, and held them in temporary corrals before herding them to the Bay Area, to

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, or to

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and other territories of northern

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for sale. With the California Gold Rush a shortcut developed at the northern end of El Camino Viejo, as part of the Oakland to Stockton Road used by stagecoaches and teamsters. It ran from

Oakland Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third ...

, east through the

Castro Valley Castro Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) in Alameda County, California, United States. At the 2010 census, it was the fifth most populous unincorporated area in California and the twenty-third most populous in the United States. The popula ...

and Rancho San Ramon, to the San Joaquin Valley and

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Route of El Camino Viejo

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** Rancho San Antonio (1820) ***

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(1850) ***

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(1852) ****

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(1856) * Arroyo de San Leandro ** Rancho San Leandro (1842) ***

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(1855) * Arroyo de San Lorenzo **

Rancho San Lorenzo Rancho San Lorenzo was a Mexican land grant given in 1841 by Governor Juan Alvarado to Guillermo Castro a career soldier posted to the Pueblo of San José. The land grant included present day Hayward, San Lorenzo, and Castro Valley, including C ...

(1841) *** Squattersville (1849) ****

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(1854) * Centreville (1855) *

(1797) ** Rancho Ex-Mission San José (1846) ***

(1850) * Mission Pass *

* Arroyo de la Alameda *

(1839) * Arroyo Valle **

Rancho Santa Rita Rancho Santa Rita was a Ranchos of California, Mexican land grant in the Amador Valley and western Livermore Valley, which is in present day Alameda County, California. It was given in 1839 by Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado, Juan Alvarado to Jos ...

(1839) *** Alisal (1844) *

* Arroyo Las Positas (The Little Springs Creek) ** Rancho Las Positas (1839) *** Livermore's, Livermore Ranch (1851) * Arroyo Seco (Dry Creek) *

Portezuela de Buenos Ayres Corral Hollow Pass, originally Portezuela de Buenos Ayres (Pass of Good Winds) is a low mountain pass in the Diablo Range southeast of Livermore, California, Livermore, in Alameda County, California. This pass, at an elevation of 1600 ft, was t ...

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* Arroyo de los Buenos Ayres (Creek of the Good Winds) ** Corral Hollow (1848) * Rancho Pescadero (Grimes) (1843)

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* Arroyo del Ospital (Ospital Creek) * Arroyo de La Puerta (Creek of the Door) *

Rancho Del Puerto Rancho Del Puerto was a Ranchos of California, Mexican land grant in present-day Stanislaus County, California given in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Mariano and Pedro Hernández. The grant extended east of the present-day Highway 33 ...

(1844) * Arroyo Salada Grande (Big Salt Creek) * Arroyita Salada (Little Salt Creek) * Arroyo Orestimba (Meetingplace Creek) * Rancho Orestimba y Las Garzas (1844)

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* Arroyo de las Garzas (Creek of the Herons) * Arroyo de Mesteño (Mustang Creek) * Aguaje de Las Berendas (Waterhole of the Pronghorns) * Arroyo de Quinto (Fifth Creek) * Arroyo de Romero (Romero Creek) * Rancho de Centinella (Sentinel Ranch)(1810) * Arroyo de San Luis Gonzaga (Saint Luis Gonzaga Creek) **

Rancho San Luis Gonzaga Rancho San Luis Gonzaga was a Mexican land grant in the Diablo Range, in present-day Santa Clara County and Merced County, California given in 1843 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Juan Carlos Pacheco and José Maria Mejía. The grant was boun ...

(1843) * Arroyo de Los Baños (Creek of The Baths) * Rancho Panoche de San Juan y Los Carrisolitos (1844) * Arroyo de Las Ortigalito (Little Nettle Creek)

Fresno County Fresno County (), officially the County of Fresno, is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 1,008,654. The county seat is Fresno, the fifth-most populous city in Cal ...

* Arroyita de Panoche or Arroyo de Pannochita (Little Sugarloaf Creek) * Arroyo de Panoche Grande (Big Sugarloaf Creek) ( northern junction with Eastern Route of El Camino Viejo) * Arroyo de Cantúa (Cantua Creek) **

Murrieta Spring Murrieta Spring is a historic spring flowing from the south bank of Cantua Creek, about 100 yards above where El Camino Viejo crossed the Creek in the San Joaquin Valley. The Spring formed a pool in the arroyo where it emerged from the foot of t ...

* Aguaje de Pedro Etchegoen (Pedro Etchegoen Watering Place) * Arroyo Pasajero or Arroyo Poso de Chane (Traveler Creek or Chane Pool Creek) **

(Chane Pool) * Arroyo de Jacelitos (Creek of Little Huts) * Arroyo de Las Polvarduras (Creek of the

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s) * Arroyo de Zapata Chino (Chinese Shoe Creek) * Arroyo de Las Canoas (Creek of the Troughs)

Kings County

* Arroyo de las Garzas (Creek of the Herons)

Kern County Kern County is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 909,235. Its county seat is Bakersfield. Kern County comprises the Bakersfield, California, Metropolitan statistical area. The county ...

Alamo Solo Spring Alamo Solo Spring, (Lone Cottonwood Spring) a spring directly east of the Dagany Gap in the Pyramid Hills of Kern County, California. Its location appears on a 1914 USGS Topographic map of Lost Hills. History Before the advent of the Spanis ...

(Lone Cottonwood Spring) ( southern junction with Eastern Route of El Camino Viejo) * Aguaje La Brea (The Tar Watering Place) * Las Tinajas de Los Indios (The Jars of the Indians) * Arroyo de Matarano (Matarano Creek) *

Aguaje Del Diablo Devilwater Creek, originally Arroyo Del Diablo, a stream with its source on the east slope of the Temblor Range in Kern County, California, that flows northeast to terminate just a mile west southwest of the mouth of Media Aqua Creek. It was off ...

(Devil's Watering Place) * Aguaje de en Media (Middle Watering Place) * Arroyo de Los Carneros (Creek of the Rams) * Arroyo Chico Martinez (Chico Martinez Creek) **

Aguaje Mesteño Aguaje Mesteño or Mustang Springs, is a watering place along El Camino Viejo, on Chico Martinez Creek Chico Martinez Creek, formerly Arroyo Chico Martinez is a stream with its source located in the Temblor Range in Kern County, California near ...

(Mustang Watering Place) * Aguaje de Los Temblores (Watering Place of the Earthquakes) * Aguaje de Santa Maria (Watering Place of Saint Mary) * Aguaje de La Brea (Watering Place of the Tar) *

Buena Vista Lake Buena Vista Lake was a fresh-water lake in Kern County, California, in the Tulare Lake Basin in the southern San Joaquin Valley The San Joaquin Valley ( ; es, Valle de San Joaquín) is the area of the Central Valley of the U.S. state of ...

* Arroyo de Amargosa (Bitter Creek) * Rancho San Emidio (1842) * Arroyo San Emigdio (Saint Emygdius Creek) * San Emigdio Mountains ** Cuddy Valley **

Cuddy Canyon Cuddy Canyon is a canyon running along the boundary line between Kern County and Ventura County, California. It lies inside the Los Padres National Forest and southern San Emigdio Mountains. The canyon includes the Tejon Pass mountain commu ...

Tehachapi Mountains The Tehachapi Mountains (; Kawaiisu: ''Tihachipia'', meaning "hard climb") are a mountain range in the Transverse Ranges system of California in the Western United States. The range extends for approximately in southern Kern County and northwes ...

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* Rancho El Tejon (1843) ** Portezuela de Cortes (Cortes Pass) (1772), Portezuela de Castac (Castac Pass) (1843), Fort Tejon Pass (1854), Tejon Pass. * Rancho Los Alamos y Agua Caliente (1846) * Kulshra’jek, Rancho la Viuda (1855), Reed's Ranch (1857), Gorman's Station (1867) * Rancho La Liebre (1846) * Cow Springs, French John's Station (1858) * Aquaje Lodoso (Muddy Watering Place) * Laguna de Chico Lopez, Elizabeth Lake *

Sierra Pelona Mountains The Sierra Pelona, also known as the Sierra Pelona Ridge or the Sierra Pelona Mountains, is a mountain ridge in the Transverse Ranges in Southern California. Located in northwest Los Angeles County, the ridge is bordered on the north by the San A ...

** San Francisquito Pass **

San Francisquito Creek San Francisquito Creek (Spanish for "Little San Francisco" - the "little" referring to size of the settlement compared to Mission San Francisco de Asís) is a creek that flows into southwest San Francisco Bay in California, United States. Histor ...

* Santa Clara River *

Rancho San Francisco Rancho San Francisco was a land grant in present-day northwestern Los Angeles County and eastern Ventura County, California. It was a grant of by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to Antonio del Valle, a Mexican army officer, in recognition for his se ...

(1839) *

San Gabriel Mountains The San Gabriel Mountains ( es, Sierra de San Gabriel) are a mountain range located in northern Los Angeles County and western San Bernardino County, California, United States. The mountain range is part of the Transverse Ranges and lies between ...

** Fremont Pass, San Fernando Pass * San Fernando Valley **

Mission San Fernando Rey de España Mission San Fernando Rey de España is a Spanish mission in the Mission Hills community of Los Angeles, California. The mission was founded on 8 September 1797 at the site of Achooykomenga, and was the seventeenth of the twenty-one Spanish mi ...

(1797-1846) **

Rancho Ex-Mission San Fernando Rancho Ex-Mission San Fernando was a Mexican land grant in present-day Los Angeles County, California, granted in 1846 by Governor Pío Pico to Eulogio F. de Celis. The grant derives its name from the secularized Mission San Fernando Rey de España ...

(1846) **

Rancho Los Encinos Rancho Los Encinos (also Rancho El Encino and Rancho Encino) was a Spanish grazing concession, and later Mexican land granted cattle and sheep rancho and travelers way-station on the El Camino Real in the San Fernando Valley, in present-day Enc ...

** Rancho Providencia (1843) *

Santa Monica Mountains The Santa Monica Mountains is a coastal mountain range in Southern California, next to the Pacific Ocean. It is part of the Transverse Ranges. Because of its proximity to densely populated regions, it is one of the most visited natural areas in ...

Rancho Cahuenga Rancho Cahuenga was a Mexican land grant in the San Fernando Valley, in present-day Los Angeles County, California given in 1843 by governor Manuel Micheltorena to José Miguel Triunfo. Rancho Cahuenga is now a part of the city of Burbank, with ...

(1843) **

Cahuenga Pass The Cahuenga Pass (, ; Tongva: ''Kawé’nga'') is a low mountain pass through the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains in the Hollywood Hills district of the City of Los Angeles, California. It has an elevation of . The Cahuenga Pass conne ...

Rancho Los Feliz Rancho Los Feliz was a Spanish land concession in present-day Los Angeles County, California given in 1795 by Spanish Governor Pedro Fages to José Vicente Feliz. The land of the grant includes Los Feliz and Griffith Park, and was bounded o ...

(1792) *

(est. 1781) *

Rancho San Pedro Rancho San Pedro was one of the first California land grants and the first to win a patent from the United States. The Spanish Crown granted the of land to soldier Juan José Domínguez in 1784, with his descendants validating their legal clai ...

(1784) * San Pedro Bay, at the harbor of Los Ángeles

Eastern Route of El Camino Viejo

Fresno County

Arroyo de Panoche Grande ( northern junction of El Camino Viejo with its Eastern Route) * Rancho Laguna de Tache or "25" Ranch (1843) * Pueblo de Las Juntas (1810) * Rancho de Los Californios * La Libertad

Kings County

* Whitmore's Ferry (1854) **

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(1859) * Vaca Adobe (1863) * Laguna de Tache, Tulare Lake * Cox & Clark Trading Post and Steamboat Landing (1870) * Alamo Mocho (Trimmed cottonwood)

Kern County Kern County is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 909,235. Its county seat is Bakersfield. Kern County comprises the Bakersfield, California, Metropolitan statistical area. The county ...

* Alamo Solo Spring ( southern junction of El Camino Viejo with its Eastern Route)

References

External links

The Old Road
by Stan Walker. Includes a map of El Camino Viejo from ''El Camino Viejo a Los Ángeles: The Oldest Road of the San Joaquin Valley'' by Frank F. Latta. {{California history Trails and roads in the American Old West Historic trails and roads in California The Californias Mexican California History of California History of Los Angeles County, California History of the San Francisco Bay Area History of the San Joaquin Valley History of the San Fernando Valley 19th century in California

History

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Alameda County Alameda County ( ) is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,682,353, making it the 7th-most populous county in the state and 21st most populous nationally. The county seat is Oakland. Alam ...

San Joaquin County San Joaquin County (; Spanish: ''San Joaquín'', meaning "St. Joachim"), officially the County of San Joaquin, is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 779,233. The county seat is Stockton. San Joa ...

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Merced County Merced County ( ), is a county located in the northern San Joaquin Valley section of the Central Valley, in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 281,202. The county seat is Merced. The county is named after ...

Fresno County Fresno County (), officially the County of Fresno, is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 1,008,654. The county seat is Fresno, the fifth-most populous city in Cal ...

Kings County

Kern County Kern County is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 909,235. Its county seat is Bakersfield. Kern County comprises the Bakersfield, California, Metropolitan statistical area. The county ...

Los Angeles County Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles, and sometimes abbreviated as L.A. County, is the most populous county in the United States and in the U.S. state of California, with 9,861,224 residents estimated as of 2022. It is th ...

Eastern Route of El Camino Viejo

Fresno County

Kings County

Kern County Kern County is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 909,235. Its county seat is Bakersfield. Kern County comprises the Bakersfield, California, Metropolitan statistical area. The county ...

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