Point of Interest in San Benito County
![De Anza Expedition Marker in San Juan Bautista De Anza Expedition Marker in San Juan Bautista](images/de_anza_expedition_marker_thumb.jpg)
30 September 2011
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De Anza Expedition
2nd Street at Polk Street
San Juan Bautista
De Anza Expedition
1775 - 1776
Lt. Colonel Juan Bautista de Anza by decree of Carlos III of Spain led an expedition near this site - the mission
being to colonize the San Francisco Bay Area