7/13/1996
Landmark information
- Location:
Romero Overlook, San Luis Reservoir, 31770 W hwy 152 (pm 8.0), 15mi W of Los Banos - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Nothing Remains - Date First Visited:
7/13/1996 - Date Most Recently Visited:
7/13/1996 - GPS Coordinates:
N 37 4.823, W 121 5.889
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Pacheco Pass
On June 21, 1805, Lieutenant Gabriel Moraga, on his first exploratory journey into the San Joaquin Valley, traversed this pass, and recorded it.
Since then it has been trail, toll road, stagecoach road, and freeway -- the principal route between the coastal areas to the west and the great valley and mountains to the east.