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693:, one of the Joaquins of the Five Joaquins Gang, leader in charge of the Gang's horse trade to Sonora, and one of the men said to have been killed in the battle of the Cantua at Murrieta Spring. The spring, located in a mountainside meadow, would also supply water and grazing for droves of horses.
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Redondo was (and still is) a natural, high banked, almost round loop in the arroyo channel that the vaqueros finished enclosing with drag lines, poles and brush. At this station horses were added in that had been taken from the
1164:, JOAQUIN MURRIETA AND HIS HORSE GANGS, Bear State Books, Santa Cruz, California. 1980. xv,685 pages. Illustrated with numerous photos. Index. Photographic front endpapers. Latta devoted chapter eight of this work to the Vereda del Monte.
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from richard-rowland-perkins.com accessed 12/06/2108. See mention in the hiking journal of the author of
Mississippi Lake and Dam in Day 2 and Day 4 where he visited it. See also the included topographic map for Day 4
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Also known by the name "Tres
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crossed the Creek in the San
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336:, known by his nickname as "Mocho," (meaning cut off or short) for his diminutive four feet, four inch, stature. The Arroyo Mocho, and the nearby peak, Mount Mocho is also named after him.
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for the next drove. The arroyo was named Mocho after the nickname of the custodian of this and the next station near the source of the arroyo.
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a holding corral for horses to be picked up by the droves, here where the Vereda passed, five miles south of
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Henry Coe State Park – Backpacking into the
Orestimba Wilderness by Richard Perkins
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332:. The Valle de Mocho was named after the man in charge of the station,
300:, 1st overnight stop in what is now known as Blackbird Valley, south of
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were brought here for the drove as well as horses from the lower
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found the gang at the spring and attacked them on July 25, 1853.
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Lawman: The Life and Times of Harry Morse, 1835-1912
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405:of the Diablo Range, taking the path now taken by
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120:, or another across the valley to the east to the
101:where mustangs and stolen horses were gathered by
755:. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman. pp.
521:that were added into the drove at early daylight.
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199:Stations Along The Route Of La Vereda del Monte
148:into Baja California and the crossings of the
16:Backcountry route in California, United States
562:gathered in horses captured opposite Arroyos
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89:of the Diablo Range, traversing what is now
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820:"Bandits, Brentwood, and the Wild Frontier"
355:and brought up Salado Grande and from near
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38:, (Spanish for "The Horse Trail"), used by
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1198:Geography of the San Joaquin Valley
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81:, then continued south through the
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1193:History of the San Joaquin Valley
649:Arroyo Grande (Arroyo de Cantua)
273:Estación tercero: Located along
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53:From its northern beginning at
42:from the early 1840s to drive
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553:Rancho Santa Ana y Quien Sabe
482:that had been held at either
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204:Estación primero, Located in
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359:, over the mountains toward
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85:onto the rugged backcountry
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32:California Coast Ranges
1243:Pleasanton, California
665:and his detachment of
603:36.55639°N 120.83944°W
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75:Pleasanton, California
59:Sacramento River Delta
621:Arroyo Panoche Grande
542:Aguaje Caballo Blanco
281:, in the vicinity of
138:San Gabriel Mountains
725:on 26 September 2018
608:36.55639; -120.83944
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386:37.38806; -121.39222
339:Estación quinto: In
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91:Henry Coe State Park
1178:La Vereda del Monte
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581:Estación undécimo:
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181:Contra Costa County
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20:La Vereda del Monte
1248:Five Joaquins Gang
826:on 24 October 2016
691:Joaquin Valenzuela
667:California Rangers
497:Estación séptimo:
455:and is now called
395:San Antonio Valley
330:Rancho San Leandro
322:Santa Clara Valley
256:Vaqueros Sandstone
219:Estación segundo:
189:California Rangers
177:Five Joaquins Gang
83:San Antonio Valley
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535:Frenchs Flat
525:Pacheco Pass
492:Mustang Peak
488:Mustang Flat
341:Adobe Valley
291:La Centinela
279:Arroyo Mocho
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95:Pacheco Pass
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302:Mount Mocho
283:Mud Springs
275:Crane Ridge
260:Brushy Peak
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221:Las Tinajas
79:Crane Ridge
1172:Categories
729:24 October
700:References
663:Harry Love
643:Deposito:
591:36°33′23″N
568:Ortigalita
427:37°11′51″N
369:37°23′17″N
345:del Puerto
230:37°46′13″N
122:Kern River
50:for sale.
46:horses to
40:mesteñeros
572:Panochita
564:Los Banos
551:, on the
472:Orestimba
353:Saladillo
306:Lone Tree
126:Kern Lake
63:Brentwood
310:Hospital
114:Coalinga
994:travel.
683:Sonora.
619:on the
480:Mesteño
191:at the
166:Caborca
160:on the
57:on the
24:Spanish
830:24 Oct
515:Alamos
507:Romero
503:Quinto
486:or at
476:Garzas
403:divide
87:divide
71:Alisal
48:Sonora
647:, on
832:2016
759:–28.
731:2016
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478:and
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328:and
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