San Pasqual, theKumeyaaypueblo, inSan Diego County, California, that was once located in theSan Pasqual Valley and for which the valley is named.
Inpre-Hispanic times the Kumeyaay had lived for centuries in the San Pasqual Valley. Following the closing of the missions by the Mexican government in 1833, the Kumeyaay moved back to their San Pasqual Valley and the Kumeyaay pueblo of San Pasqual was established on November 16, 1835.[1]
The village of San Pasqual was a stop on the road betweenSan Diego andSonora from the late 1820s. The road ran from San Diego toRancho Santa Maria de Los Peñasquitos then 16 miles to the village, then turned south and up to the ridge line bordering the south side of the valley, then eastward into theSanta Maria Valley (through what becameRancho Valle de Pamo, and later modernRamona) and on toSanta Ysabel for a distance of 18 miles. The road went on toSan Jose Valley,Vallecito, across theColorado Desert, to cross theColorado River into Sonora. From the time of theCalifornia Gold Rush San Pasqual became a stop on the main road for wagon and stagecoach traffic following the AmericanConquest of California.[2]
The Kumeyaay of San Passqual were evicted from their land and homes in 1878 by San Diego County authorities. They have become known as theSan Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission Indians[1]
The only remnant of the village is the small graveyard east of theSan Diego Archaeological Center on the north side of State Highway 78.
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