California Historical Landmarks in Monterey County

California Historical Landmark 651
Battle of Natividad Site
San Juan Grade and Crazy Horse Canyon Road
Salinas

California Historical Landmark 651: Battle of Natividad Site Near Salinas
  California Historical Landmark 651: Battle of Natividad Site Near Salinas
25 May 2018
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Battle of Natividad

Combined American forces under Captains Charles D. Burrass (or Burroughs) and Bluford K. Thompson clashed with Comandante Manuel de Jesus Castro's Californians in this vicinity on November 16, 1846. Casualties on each side consisted of several men killed and wounded. The Americans saved a large herd of horses for Lt. Col. John C. Fremont, who then later proceeded south to participate in the Armistice at Cahuenga in January 1847.

California Registered Historical Landmark No. 651

Plaque placed by the California State Park Commission in cooperation with the Monterey County Historical Society and the County of Monterey, November 16, 1958. Rededicated by Monterey-Viejo No. 1846, E Clampus Vitus, October 29, 1983.

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