In December, 1846, nineteen U.S. soldiers and an unknown number of Californios lost their lives in the Battle of San Pasqual, in what is now San Diego County, California. The exact location of the battlefield, however, remains a mystery. The goal of the San Pasqual Battlefield Site Location Project is scholarly and field research to determine its location, a professional archeological investigation to learn about the battle and aftermath, and recovery of artifacts for historic preservation.
Click here to learn how the project began and why it is important.
Please note that although we enthusiastically support their public education efforts, there is no formal affiliation between the San Pasqual Battlefield Site Location Project and the San Pasqual Battlefield Volunteer Association or the California State Parks.
We urge you to get involved with the SPBVA, learn, help out, and have fun.
For information on the San Pasqual Battlefield Volunteer Association (SPBVA)
write PO Box 300816, Escondido, California 92030-0816 or phone the
San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park and Museum at (760) 489-0076.
The park and museum is
located one mile east of the San Diego Wild Animal Park on State Highway 78,
GPS reference 33 degrees 5.36 minutes N, 116 degrees 59 minutes west.
For information on the Southern Overland Trail Historical Association, which deals with the historical research of the Southern Immigrant Trail (also known as the Gila Trail, Kearny Trail, and Butterfield Stage Trail), contact Stephen Clugston, (909) 787-5395 or srclug@pop.ucr.edu. The SOTHA organizes and sponsors living history reenactments at Missions San Juan Capistrano and San Luis Rey and other historic sites such as the Yorba-Slaughter Adobe in Chino and focusses usually on the 1830-1852 periods.