Historical Landmark 291 "Fages-Zalvidea Trails" Mystery Cache
Historical Landmark 291 "Fages-Zalvidea Trails"
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THIS IS A VERY EASY MYSTERY CACHE placed at a historical monument. Go to the provided coordinates. Walk approximately 60 feet to the West to find the prize.
USE CAUTION WITH PARKING. This road is busy, so proceed cautiously. I have recently taken interests to the historical monuments that have been placed in the Kern County area. Our region has a rich history and I enjoy how these monuments acknowledge local history. When I spotted this monument I was happy to place a cache so others can enjoy as well. There is a benchmark next to the monument for a bonus. Fages was born in Guissona,Catalonia, Spain. In 1762 he entered the light infantry in Catalonia in 1762 and joined Spain's invasion of Portugal during the Seven Years' War. In May 1767 Fages, commissioned as a lieutenant in the newly formed Free Company of Volunteers of Catalonia, set sail from Cádiz along with a company of light infantry, voyaging to New Spain (Mexico). He and his men served under Domingo Elizondo in Sonora. Fages set out again in 1772, following his own trail north, but pushed on past his previous stopping point. Accompanied this time by friar Juan Cresp, who kept a daily journal, the party skirted San Pablo Bay but were prevented from going farther north by the Carquinez Strait. Following the bay around to the east, Fages group climbed the slopes of Mount Diablo and became the first Europeans to see the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, the Central Valley of California and the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Seeing that it was impossible to cross the wide river without boats, the party looped around to return to San Jose through today's Contra Costa County (roughly following today's I-680 highway). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Fages)
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Ng gur onfr bs gur gryrcubar cbyr haqre n juvgr ebpx
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