Title:
Vallecito Stage Station plaque at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in San Diego County, CA
Creator:
Eloise Perkins
Subject:
Vallecito Stage Station Plaque
State Parks, Anza Valley Region (Calif.)--History--Pictorial works
Vallecito Stage Station
Description:
Vallecito Stage Station was a stop in the overland mail route to California in the second half of the 1800s. James E. Birch
got the first contract from the US government to carry mail from San Antonio to San Diego. The route his company took went
over the mountains using mules and was derisively known as “Jackass Mail.” Birch’s company only lasted 18 months before Birch’s
death ended his contract. The Vallecito station in this photograph began by James Lassiter and his family in 1852, and was
a stopping place on the mail route and is now located in the Anza—Borrego Desert State Park. Vallecito means “little valley”
and refers to the valley where the station is located.
Publisher:
Escondido Public Library Pioneer Room
Date:
Undated; circa 1960s
Type:
Image
Format:
8X10 B/W Photograph
Identifier:
CESC_145
1113
Coverage:
San Diego (Calif.)
Rights:
Copyrighted
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