de Anza Trail Mile #14 Traditional Cache

Juan Bautista de Anza (July 6/7, 1736 – December 19, 1788) was born in the Spanish province of New Navarre in Viceroyalty of New Spain. Of Basque descent, he served as an expeditionary leader, military officer, and politician primarily in California and New Mexico under the Spanish Empire. He is credited as one of the founding fathers of Spanish California and served as an official within New Spain as Governor of the Province of New Mexico