San Marcos

by Charlie Musser and San Marcos Historical Society

Book Overview

According to legend, the name San Marcos can be attributed to a group of Spaniards who, while out on a mission to capture suspected horse thieves, accidently stumbled upon a beautiful "little valley" on the feast day of St. Mark. This little valley would remain sparsely populated for years to come, as a Mexican land grant tenanted by vaqueros, an agricultural salvation for homesteading early Californians, and the site of small towns that would nearly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 073859962X
• ISBN13: 9780738599625
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.7" x 9.2"