Santa Margarita Ranch

Santa Margarita Ranch (HMYHG)

Location: Oceanside, CA 92058 San Diego County
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Country: United States of America
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N 33° 18.486', W 117° 20.479'

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In July, 1769, the Portola Expedition named this area for St. Margaret of Antioch. The Mission San Luis Rey 1827 inventories list a small building in the area. In 1841, Rancho Santa Margarita y San Onofre was granted to Andres and Pio Pico, the last governor of Alta California. Land magnate, Don Juan Forster, owned the rancho from 1864-1882. Richard O'Neill and James Flood purchased 205,000 acres in 1882. The ranch house stop served the 1882 transcontinental California Southern Railroad. In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated Marine Corps Base Camp Joseph H. Pendleton. The railroad line continued as a vital military transportation link before devastation by the 1993 flood.
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HM NumberHMYHG
Series This marker is part of the Juan Caspar de Portolá Expedition series
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Marker Number1026
Year Placed1998
Placed ByState Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the United States Marine Corps and the Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus, Squibob Chapter
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Date Added Sunday, September 14th, 2014 at 5:54am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)11S E 468226 N 3685495
Decimal Degrees33.30810000, -117.34131667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 33° 18.486', W 117° 20.479'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds33° 18' 29.16" N, 117° 20' 28.74" W
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Area Code(s)760
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 900 Vandegrift Blvd, Oceanside CA 92058, US
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