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California Historical Landmarks in Merced County
 
 
California Landmark 829
Pacheco Pass
Romero Visitors Center at San Luis Reservoir
Highway 152 Between Los Banos and Gilroy
Pacheco Pass in Merced County, California
16 June 2006
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Pacheco Pass

On June 21, 1805, Lieutenant Gabriel Moraga, on his first exploratory journey into the San Joaquin Valley, traversed this pass and recorded it.

Since then it has been trail, toll road, stagecoach road, and freeway -- the principal route between the coastal areas to the west and the great valley and mountains to the east.

California Registered Historical Landmark No. 829

Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with Merced County Historical Advisory Committee and the Native Daughters of the Golden West, June 18, 1969.

Pacheco Pass in Merced County, California
Pacheco Pass
16 June 2006
 
San Luis Reservoir in Merced County, California
San Luis Reservoir
15 June 2006

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