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| Landmark #616 | San Diego County | Visited: February 10, 2013 | Plaque? YES! 🙂 |
| What is it? | A plaque and the remains of the Las Flores Asistencia! |
| What makes it historical? | THE GUIDE SAYS: From 1823 to the 1840s, the tile-roofed adobe chapel and hostel at Las Flores, built by Father Antonio Peyrí, served as the asistencia to Mission San Luís Rey and provided comfort to travelers on El Camino Real. The adobe structure and adjacent corral were the site of the April 1838 battle between Juan Bautista Alvarado and Carlos Antonio Carrillo contesting the provincial governorship of Alta California.
OTHER TIDBITS: This was also, and probably more correctly, known as an estancia, or station. This was one step below asistencia and was primarily meant to administer mission lands! The famous single-shot battle that took place here was part of a larger civil war that started in 1837 when the Mexican government tried to replace Governor Alvarado with Carlos Carrillo! This landmark is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places! |
| How can I Help the Helpers? | HERE’S HOW:
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| Where is this place? | LISTED DIRECTIONS: Camp Pendleton Marine Base Plaque located on hill 1,000 ft W of Orange Co Boy Scouts Adobe 0.6 mi SE of Las Pulgas gate 0.9 mi SW of I-15 (P.M. 62.0) at Las Pulgas Rd 10 mi S of San Clemente, CA 92058 ANNOTATIONS: From Los Angeles: ~6mi (10km) — 0.1hrs |
| When should I go? | Since this is an active military base, you’re not guaranteed entry. I may have been lucky in that I just told the guard why I was there, and he let me on the base. Otherwise, there are no set hours to this landmark! |
