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Santa Fe Trail Historical Park, also called Pioneer Park, is located on the bank of the Rio Hondo River in
Cal. Marker, CHL No. 975 El Monte, First Southern California Settlement by Immigrants from the United States – Los Angeles
/ref> *''El Monte, on the bank of the San Gabriel River, played a significant part in California's early pioneer history. It was first an encampment on the Old Spanish Trail, and extension of the trail from Missouri to Santa Fe. By the 1850s some began to call El Monte the "End of the Santa Fe Trail." Early in that decade a permanent settlement was established here by immigrants from Texas. The first settlement in Southern California founded by citizens of the United States.''
Santa Fe Trail Historical Park, also called Pioneer Park, is located on the bank of the Rio Hondo River in El Monte, California
El Monte is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city lies in the San Gabriel Valley, east of the city of Los Angeles.
El Monte's slogan is "Welcome to Friendly El Monte" and is historically known as "The End of the San ...
. The location was designated a California Historic Landmark
A California Historical Landmark (CHL) is a building, structure, site, or place in the U.S. state of California that has been determined to have statewide historical landmark significance.
Criteria
Historical significance is determined by meetin ...
(No. 975) on Aug. 13, 1987. This was originally an encampment on the Old Spanish Trail. The Old Spanish Trail was an extension of the trail from Missouri
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to Santa Fe, New Mexico
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. The Gila River
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trail also ended in El Monte. By the 1850s, those in El Monte started to call the town the `End of the Santa Fe Trail." This claim is disputed by some, such as the Santa Fe in New Mexico
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. In the 1800s permanent settlements were established by immigrants from Texas
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and Arkansas
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, the first settlement in Southern California
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founded by citizens of the United States.
The state marker for the Santa Fe Trail Historical Park is located at 3564 Santa Anita Ave, El Monte, CA 91731. The City of El Monte held a ceremony to dedicate the Santa Fe Trail Historical Park on June 2, 1989.
El Monte built the (now closed) Santa Fe Trail Historical Park in 1989, near Valley Blvd and Santa Anita Ave. The one-acre park has two historic structures and a covered wagon. The park is on the west side of Santa Anita Avenue, just a few blocks north of the Interstate 10 in California
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freeway and south of the El Monte City Hall. Soon after it opened, the park closed. The land was cleared in 2023 to begin construction on a new park. The El Monte Historical Museum at 3150 Tyler Avenue showcases the Santa Fe Trail and El Monte's Historical importance to Southern California.
Marker
The state marker reads:/ref> *''El Monte, on the bank of the San Gabriel River, played a significant part in California's early pioneer history. It was first an encampment on the Old Spanish Trail, and extension of the trail from Missouri to Santa Fe. By the 1850s some began to call El Monte the "End of the Santa Fe Trail." Early in that decade a permanent settlement was established here by immigrants from Texas. The first settlement in Southern California founded by citizens of the United States.''
See also
*California Historical Landmarks in Los Angeles County
List table of the properties and districts listed on the California Historical Landmarks in Los Angeles County, Southern California.
:*Note: ''Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view a Google map of all properties and distri ...
* Savannah Memorial Park
* List of California Ranchos
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*Mission San Gabriel Arcángel
Mission San Gabriel Arcángel () is a Californian mission and historic landmark in San Gabriel, California. It was founded by the Spanish Empire on the Nativity of Mary September 8, 1771, as the fourth of what would become twenty-one Spanish mi ...
References
{{Portal bar, Greater Los Angeles 1822 establishments in Nueva California El Monte, California California Historical Landmarks