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| Landmark #1026 | San Diego County | Visited: February 10, 2013 | Plaque? YES! 🙂 |
| What is it? | The Santa Margarita Ranch House still stands! |
| What makes it historical? | THE GUIDE SAYS: In July 1769, the Portolá Expedition named this area for St. Margaret of Antioch. The Mission San Luis Rey 1827 Inventories list a small building in the area. In 1841, Rancho San Onofre Y Santa Margarita was granted to Andres and Pio Pico, the last governor of Alta California. Land magnate Don Juan Forster owned the rancho from 1864-1882. Richard O’Neill and James Flood purchased 205,000 acres in 1882. The ranch house stop served the 1882 transcontinental California Southern Railroad. In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated Marine Corps Base Camp Joseph H. Pendleton. The railroad line continued as a vital military transportation link before devastation by the 1993 flood.
OTHER TIDBITS: 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: US Marine Corp Camp Pendleton San Diego, CA 92058 ANNOTATIONS: From Los Angeles: ~86mi (139km) — 1.5hrs |
| 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, tours run on the first Tuesday, second Wednesday and third Thursday of the month, from October through May! |
