10/24/2010
Landmark information
- Location:
SW corner of San Juan Grade (PM 4.9) and Crazy Horse Canyon Rd, 5.0 mi NE of Salinas - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Nothing remains - Date First Visited:
7/9/1995 - Date Most Recently Visited:
10/24/2010 - GPS Coordinates:
N 36 46.380, W 121 36.217
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Combined American forces under Captains Charles D. Burrass (or Burroughs) and Bluford K. Thompson clashed with Commandante Manuel de Jesus Castro's Californians in this vicinity on November 16, 1846. Casualties on each side consisted of several men killed and wounded. The Americans saved a large herd of horses for Lt. Col. John C. Fremont, who then later proceeded south to participate in the armistice at Cahuenga in January 1847.