California Historical Landmarks in Kern County

California Historical Landmark 631
Garcés Baptismal Site
SR 155
Woody


Garcés Baptismal Site

Three miles north of this point was the site of the first recorded Christian baptism in the San Joaquin Valley. On May 23, 1776, Padre Francisco Garcés, earliest non-Indian in this area, baptized an Indian boy whom he called Muchachito at a Yokuts Rancheria in Grizzly Gulch.

Citation from California Office of Historic Preservation

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